2 John 1:5 - Exposition

I beseech thee, lady. The verb has, perhaps, a tinge of peremptoriness about it ἐρωτῶ : "This is a request which I have a right to make." Respecting the "new commandment" and "from the beginning," see notes on 1 John 2:7 . We may reasonably suppose that St. John is here reminding her of the contents of his First Epistle. The parallels between this Epistle and the First are so numerous and so close, that we can scarcely doubt that some of them are consciously made. There are at least eight such in these thirteen verses, as may be seen from the margin of a good reference Bible.