aActs 11:30; 1 Pet 5:1; 3 John 1
bRom 16:13; 1 Pet 5:13; 2 John 13
c2 John 5
d1 John 3:18; 2 John 3; 3 John 1
eJohn 8:32; 1 Tim 2:4
f2 Pet 1:12
g1 John 1:8
hJohn 14:16
iRom 1:7; 1 Tim 1:2
j3 John 3f
k1 John 2:7
l1 John 2:7
mJohn 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:11; 4:7, 11
n1 John 2:5; 5:3
o1 John 2:24
p1 John 2:7
q1 John 2:26
r1 John 2:19; 4:1
s1 John 4:2f
t1 John 2:26
u1 John 2:18
vMark 13:9
w1 Cor 3:8; Heb 10:35
zJohn 7:16; 8:31; 1 John 2:23
aa1 Kin 13:16f; Rom 16:17; 2 Thess 3:6, 14; Titus 3:10
aeEph 5:11; 1 Tim 5:22; Jude 23
af3 John 13, 14
aiJohn 3:29; 1 John 1:4
aj2 John 1

2 John

Walk According to His Commandments

1 aThe elder to the bchosen clady and her children, whom I dlove in truth; and not only I, but also all who eknow the truth, 2 fbecause of the truth which remains gin us and will be hwith us forever: 3 iGrace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 jI was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment to do from the Father. 5Now I ask you, lady, knot as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had lfrom the beginning, that we mlove one another. 6And nthis is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, ojust as you have heard pfrom the beginning, that you are to walk in it.

7 For qmany deceivers have rgone out into the world, those who sdo not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is tthe deceiver and the uantichrist. 8 vWatch yourselves, wthat you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 9 ▼
▼Lit Everyone
Anyone who ▼
▼Lit goes on ahead
goes too far and zdoes not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, aado not receive him into your house, and do not ▼
▼Lit say to him
give him a greeting; 11for the one who ▼
▼Lit says to him
gives him a greeting ▼
▼I.e., shares responsibility for them
 , aeparticipates in his evil deeds.

12 afThough 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 ▼
▼Lit mouth to mouth
face to face, so that ▼
▼One early ms our
your aijoy may be made complete.

13 The children of your ajchosen sister greet you.

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