2 John 1:1-8 ▼

1 The elder unto the excellent Lady, and her children, whom I love in truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

2 for the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us, and will be with us for ever:

3 grace, mercy, and peace be with you 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 found among thy children such as walked in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

5 And now I beseech thee, Lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another.

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

7 For many deceivers are come out into the world, who disown that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. Such a one is a deceiver and an antichrist.

8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which ye have wrought, but that ye may receive a full reward.