2 John 1:7-13

7 For ¹many deceivers have ²gone out into the world, those who ³do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is ⁴the deceiver and the ⁵antichrist.

8 ⁶Watch yourselves, ⁷that 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 ⁸does 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, ⁹do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;

11 for the one who gives him a greeting ¹⁰participates in his evil deeds.

12 ¹¹Though 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 ¹²joy may be made full.

13 The children of your ¹³chosen sister greet you.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Everyone"
• [b]. Lit "goes on ahead"
• [c]. One early ms reads "our"