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2 John
1 From the elder; To the elect lady and her children, whom I truly
love; and not only I, but also all those who know the truth;
2 for the truth that abides in us,
will be with us forever.
3 Grace, mercy, peace will be with
us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth
and love.
4 I rejoice greatly because I have
found some of your children walking in truth, just as the Father commanded us.
5 Now I beseech you, lady, not as
though I wrote a new commandment to you, but one we had from the beginning,
that we love one another.
6 Now this is love: that we should walk according to his
commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, so
you should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers have gone out
into the world, they who do not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8 Watch yourselves, that you do
not lose the things which we have worked for, but that you receive a full
reward.
9 Whoever goes ahead and does not abide
in the teaching of Christ, does not have God.
The one who abides in the teaching, that one has both the Father and the
Son.
10 If any one comes to you, and does
not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting,
11 for he who welcomes him partakes
in his evil deeds.
12 Although I have many things to
write to you, I do not want to write them with paper and ink, but I hope to
come to you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made complete.
13 The children of your elect
sister greet you.