³⁴ “A new command^(A) I give you: Love one another.^(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.^(C)

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¹¹ For this is the message you heard^(A) from the beginning:^(B) We should love one another.^(C)

²³ And this is his command: to believe^(A) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,^(B) and to love one another as he commanded us.^(C)

²¹ And he has given us this command:^(A) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.^(B)

⁵ And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.^(A) I ask that we love one another.