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2 John 1

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📖 2 John introduction

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1This letter is from John, the elder. I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children, whom I love in the truth—as does everyone else who knows the truth— ✦ 2because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever. ✦ 3Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love. ✦ 4How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded. ✦ 5I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. ✦ 6Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. ✦ 7I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. ✦ 8Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. ✦ 9Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son. ✦ 10If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement. ✦ 11Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work. ✦ 12I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete. ✦ 13Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God. ✦

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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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