2 John 1:1-8

Greeting

1 ¹The elder to the elect lady and her children, ²whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who ³know ⁴the truth,

2 ⁵because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

3 ⁶Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.

Walking in Truth and Love

4 ⁷I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.

5 And now I ask you, dear lady--⁸not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning--⁹that we love one another.

6 And ¹⁰this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just ¹¹as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

7 For ¹²many deceivers ¹³have gone out into the world, ¹⁴those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8 Watch yourselves, ¹⁵so that you may not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but ¹⁶may win a full reward.