[和合本] 我们应当彼此相爱，这就是你们从起初所听见的命令。
[新标点] （彼此相爱）我们应当彼此相爱。这就是你们从起初所听见的命令。
[和合修] （彼此相爱）我们要彼此相爱。这就是你们从起初所听到的信息。
[新译本] 我们应当彼此相爱，因为这是你们从起初听见的信息。
[当代修] （彼此相爱）我们应当彼此相爱，这是你们起初听见的信息。
[现代修] 你们从起初所听到的信息就是：我们要彼此相爱。
[吕振中] 你们从起初所听见的信息就是：我们应当彼此相爱；
[思高本] （爱人的命令）原来你们从起初所听的训令就是：我们应彼此相爱；
[文理本] 尔自初所闻之谕、即我侪宜相爱也、
[GNT] The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another.
[BBE] In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
[KJV] For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
[NKJV] For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
[KJ21] For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.
[NASB] For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another;
[NRSV] For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
[WEB] For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
[ESV] For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
[NIV] This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
[NIrV] Here is how you can tell the difference between the children of God and the children of the devil. Those who don't do what is right do not belong to God. Those who don't love their brothers and sisters do not belong to him either.
[HCSB] For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,
[CSB] For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,
[AMP] For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another,
[NLT] This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
[YLT] because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,