2 John 1:4-11

Walking in Truth and Love

4 ¹I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.

5 And now I ask you, dear lady— ²not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning— ³that we love one another.

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

7 For ⁶many deceivers ⁷have gone out into the world, ⁸those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8 Watch yourselves, ⁹so that you may not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but ¹⁰may win a full reward.

9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, ¹¹does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching ¹²has both the Father and the Son.

10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ¹³do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

11 for whoever greets him ¹⁴takes part in his wicked works.

Cross References

• 1. 1:4 3 John 3, 4
• 2. 1:5 1 John 2:7
• 3. 1:5 See 1 John 3:11
• 4. 1:6 1 John 5:3; [1 John 2:5]; See John 14:15
• 5. 1:6 1 John 2:24
• 6. 1:7 See 1 John 2:18, 26
• 7. 1:7 1 John 4:1
• 8. 1:7 1 John 2:22; 4:2, 3
• 9. 1:8 [Gal. 3:4; Heb. 10:35]
• 10. 1:8 See 1 Cor. 3:8
• 11. 1:9 See 1 John 2:23
• 12. 1:9 See 1 John 2:23
• 13. 1:10 [Rom. 16:17; Gal. 1:8, 9; 2 Thess. 3:6, 14; Titus 3:10]
• 14. 1:11 [1 Tim. 5:22]

Footnotes

• [a] 8 Some manuscripts 'you'