That which we had from the beginning — Of our Lord's ministry. Indeed it was, in some sense, from the beginning of the world. That we may love one another — More abundantly.
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2 John 1:5
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.