2 John 1:2-12

2 for 1the sake of the truth which abides 2in us and will be 3with us forever:
3 4Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 5I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.
5 Now I ask you, lady, 6not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had 7from the beginning, that we 8love one another.
6 And 9this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, 10just as you have heard 11from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
7 For 12many deceivers have 13gone out into the world, those who 14do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is 15the deceiver and the 16antichrist.
8 17Watch yourselves, 18that 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 19does 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, 20do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;
11 for the one who gives him a greeting 21participates in his evil deeds.
12 22Though 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 23joy may be made full.

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Cross References 23

  • 1. 2 Peter 1:12
  • 2. 1 John 1:8
  • 3. John 14:16
  • 4. Romans 1:7; 1 Timothy 1:2
  • 5. 3 John 3
  • 6. 1 John 2:7
  • 7. 1 John 2:7
  • 8. John 13:34, 35; John 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:7, 11
  • 9. 1 John 2:5; 1 John 5:3
  • 10. 1 John 2:24
  • 11. 1 John 2:7
  • 12. 1 John 2:26
  • 13. 1 John 2:19; 1 John 4:1
  • 14. 1 John 4:2
  • 15. 1 John 2:26
  • 16. 1 John 2:18
  • 17. Mark 13:9
  • 18. 1 Corinthians 3:8; Hebrews 10:35
  • 19. John 7:16; John 8:31; 1 John 2:23
  • 20. 1 Kings 13:16; Romans 16:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14; Titus 3:10
  • 21. Ephesians 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:22; Jude 23
  • 22. 3 John 13, 14
  • 23. John 3:29; 1 John 1:4

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