2 John 1:5-13

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from [the] beginning, that ^[a] we should love one another.

6 And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh -- this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8 See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages. ^[b]

9 Whosoever goes forward ^[c] and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, *he* has both the Father and the Son.

10 If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into [the] house, and greet him not;

11 for he who greets him partakes ^[d] in his wicked works.

12 Having many things to write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.

13 The children of thine elect sister greet thee.

Footnotes

• [a]. The apostle passes from his own personal beseeching into Christ's commandment 'that.'
• [b]. That is, 'recompense for work.'
• [c]. What is called 'development:' he does not abide in what was from the beginning.
• [d]. Koinoneo: see Heb. 2.14.