2 John 1:5-13

Listen to 2 John 1:5-13

5 Now I ask you, lady, ¹not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had ²from the beginning, that we ³love one another.

6 And ⁴this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, ⁵just as you have heard ⁶from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

7 For ⁷many deceivers have ⁸gone out into the world, those who ⁹do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is ¹⁰the deceiver and the ¹¹antichrist.

8 ¹²Watch yourselves, ¹³that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.

9 ^[a]Anyone who ^[b]goes too far and ¹⁴does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ¹⁵do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;

11 for the one who gives him a greeting ¹⁶participates in his evil deeds.

12 ¹⁷Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that ^[c]your ¹⁸joy may be made full.

13 The children of your ¹⁹chosen sister greet you.

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