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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.
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1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth--and not I only, but also all who know the truth--
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2 We love you because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever.
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2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:
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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.
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3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love.
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4 I was very happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has commanded us.
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4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
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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.
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5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
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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.
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6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
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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.
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7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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8 Be careful that you don't destroy what we've worked for, but that you receive your full reward.
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8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
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9 Everyone who doesn't continue to teach what Christ taught doesn't have God. The person who continues to teach what Christ taught has both the Father and the Son.
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9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
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10 If anyone comes to you and doesn't bring these teachings, don't take him into your home or even greet him.
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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
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11 Whoever greets him shares the evil things he's doing.
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11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
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12 I have a lot to write to you. I would prefer not to write a letter. Instead, I hope to visit and talk things over with you personally. Then we will be completely filled with joy.
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12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
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13 The children of your chosen sister greet you.
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13 The children of your chosen sister send their greetings.
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