en_tn/2jn/01/04.md

# your children ... you, lady ... writing to you

These instances of "your" and "you" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# just as we have received this commandment from the Father

"just as God the Father commanded us"

# not as though I were writing to you a new commandment

"not as though I were commanding you to do something new"

# but one that we have had from the beginning

Here, "beginning" refers to "when we first believed." AT: "but I am writing to you what Christ commanded us to do when we first believed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# beginning—that we should love one another

This can be translated as a new sentence. AT: "beginning. He commanded that we should love one another"

# This is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it

Conducting our lives according to God's commands is spoken of as if we were walking in them. The word "it" refers to love. "And he has commanded you, since you first believed, to love one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rejoice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godthefather]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# your children ... you, lady ... writing to you`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These instances of "your" and "you" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# just as we have received this commandment from the Father`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"just as God the Father commanded us"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# not as though I were writing to you a new commandment`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"not as though I were commanding you to do something new"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# but one that we have had from the beginning`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here, "beginning" refers to "when we first believed." AT: "but I am writing to you what Christ commanded us to do when we first believed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# beginning—that we should love one another`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be translated as a new sentence. AT: "beginning. He commanded that we should love one another"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# This is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Conducting our lives according to God's commands is spoken of as if we were walking in them. The word "it" refers to love. "And he has commanded you, since you first believed, to love one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rejoice]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godthefather]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]`