2 John 1:1-8

1 From the church leader. To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love because we share the truth. I'm not the only one who loves you. Everyone who knows the truth also loves you.

2 We love you because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever.

3 Good will, mercy, and peace will be with us! They come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, who in truth and love is the Father's Son.

4 I was very happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has commanded us.

5 Dear lady, I'm now requesting that we continue to love each other. It's not as though I'm writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, from the beginning we were commanded to love each other.

6 Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning.

7 Many people who deceive others have gone into the world. They refuse to declare that Jesus Christ came in flesh and blood. This is the mark of a deceiver and an antichrist.

8 Be careful that you don't destroy what we've worked for, but that you receive your full reward.