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2 John 1

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📖 2 John introduction

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1The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth— ✦ 2because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: ✦ 3Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love. ✦ 4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us. ✦ 5And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. ✦ 6And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. ✦ 7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. ✦ 8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded. ✦ 9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. ✦ 10If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. ✦ 11Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds. ✦ 12I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. ✦ 13The children of your elect sister send you greetings. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

1 Jn 2 ·112 Jn 1 ·7John 15 ·61 Jn 3 ·4Gal 5 ·4Eph 5 ·41 Jn 1 ·41 Pet 1 ·4

Christ at the center

To walk in truth and love is to abide in 'the teaching of Christ'; whoever has the Son has both the Father and life.

How 2 John 1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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