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-# Connecting Statement:
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-John gives believers basic principles of fellowship—obedience and love.
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 # Beloved, I am
 
 "You people whom I love, I am" or "Dear friends, I am"
 
 # I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you have had
 
-"I write to you to love one other, which is not a new thing to do but an old commandment that you have heard." John refers to Jesus's command to love one another.
+"I write to you to love one other, which is not a new thing to do but an old commandment that you have heard." 
 
 # from the beginning