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The elder unto the electladyandherchildren,whomIlovein the truth;andnotIonly,butalsoall they that have known the truth;
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For the truth's sake,whichdwellethinus,and shall bewithusforever.
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Gracebe[a]withyou,mercy, and peace,fromGod the Father,andfrom the LordJesusChrist, the Son of the Father,intruthandlove.
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I rejoicedgreatlythat I foundofthychildrenwalkingintruth,as we have received a commandmentfrom the Father.
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Andnow I beseechthee,lady,not as though I wrote a newcommandment unto thee,but that which we hadfrom the beginning,that we love one another.
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Andthisislove,that we walkafterhiscommandments.Thisis the commandment,That,as ye have heardfrom the beginning, ye should walkinit.
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Formanydeceivers are enteredinto the world,whoconfessnot that JesusChrist is comein the flesh.Thisis a deceiverand an antichrist.
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Look to yourselves,that we losenot those things which we have wrought,[b]but that we receive a fullreward.
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Whosoevertransgresseth, andabidethnotin the doctrine of Christ,hathnotGod. He that abidethin the doctrine of Christ,hehathboth the Fatherand the Son.