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2 John 1:1-9

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Greeting

1 The Elder:[a] To the elect lady[b] and her children, whom I love in truth-and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth-
2 because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Truth and Deception

4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.
5 So now I urge you, lady-not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning-that we love one another.
6 And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.[c]
7 Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.[d] This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8 Watch yourselves so that you don't lose what we[e] have worked for, but you may receive a full reward.
9 Anyone who does not remain in the teaching about Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.
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Footnotes 5

  • [a] Or Presbyter
  • [b] Or Kyria, a proper name; probably a literary figure for a local church known to John; the children would be its members.
  • [c] Lit in it
  • [d] Or confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh
  • [e] Other mss read you
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