John goes on in his first epistle to say that the commandment to love is no new commandment, but one which was from beginning: "I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning" (1 John 2:7).
2:8) Umpostoli uJwanisi yena wathi: "Bathandekako, anginitloleli umyalo omutjha, kodwana ngitlolela omdala ebeninawo kusukela ekuthomeni." (1 Jwa.