⁴ It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,^(A) just as the Father commanded us. ⁵ And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.^(B) I ask that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love:^(C) that we walk in obedience to his commands.^(D) As you have heard from the beginning,^(E) his command is that you walk in love.