2 John 1:1-8 ▼

1 The elder to [the] elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,

2 for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity.

3 Grace shall be with you, mercy, 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 have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from [the] beginning, that we should love one another.

6 And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh -- this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8 See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.