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2 John 1

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1The 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; ✦ 2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. ✦ 3Grace 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. ✦ 4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. ✦ 5And 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. ✦ 6And 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. ✦ 7For 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. ✦ 8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. ✦ 9Whosoever 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. ✦ 10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ✦ 11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. ✦ 12Having 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. ✦ 13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. ✦

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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.

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