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The Elder, Unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all those who have known the truth,
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for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever:
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Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
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I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
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And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning: that we love one another.
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And this is love: that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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For many deceivers have entered into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we may receive a full reward.