Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 John 2:7
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1 John2:7
7. Brethren--The oldest manuscripts and versions read instead, "Beloved," appropriate to the subject here, love.
no new commandment--namely, love, the main principle of walking as Christ walked (1Jo 2:6), and that commandment, of which one exemplification is presently given, 1Jo 2:9, 10, the love of brethren.
ye had from the beginning--from the time that ye first heard the Gospel word preached.
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