2 John 1:1-8 ▼

1 The Elder to the elect lady and her children. Truly I love you all, and not I alone, but also all who know the truth,

2 for the sake of the truth which is continually in our hearts and will be with us for ever.

3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 It is an intense joy to me to have found some of your children living true Christian lives, in obedience to the command which we have received from the Father.

5 And now, dear lady, I pray you--writing to you, as I do, not a new command, but the one which we have had from the very beginning--let us love one another.

6 The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ who has come in human nature. Such a one is 'the deceiver' and 'the anti-Christ.'

8 Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward.