THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN 1

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1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children whom I love in the truth and not I only but also all they that have known the truth ⚑

2 For the truth’s sake which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever ⚑

3 Grace be with you mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love ⚑

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth as we have received a commandment from the Father ⚑

5 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 ⚑

6 And this is love that we walk after his commandments This is the commandment That as ye have heard from the beginning ye should walk in it ⚑

7 For many deceivers are entered into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh This is a deceiver and an antichrist ⚑

8 Look to yourselves that we lose not those things which we have wrought but that we receive a full reward ⚑

9 Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son ⚑

10 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed ⚑

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds ⚑

12 Having many things to write unto you I would not write with paper and ink but I trust to come unto you and speak face to face that our joy may be full ⚑

13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee Amen ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain