\id 2JN - Christian Standard Bible® in English
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\rem Text update February 2024
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\s1 Greeting
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\v 1 The elder:
\p To the elect~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1 \ft \+xt Rm 16:13; 1Pt 5:13; 2Jn 13\+xt*\f* lady and her children, whom I love in the truth~#—~#and not only I, but also all who know the truth~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1 \ft \+xt Jn 8:32; 14:6; 1Tm 2:4\+xt*\f*~#—~#
\v 2 because of the truth that remains in us~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 2 \ft \+xt 1Jn 1:8\+xt*\f* and will be with us forever.
\p
\v 3 Grace, mercy, and peace~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt 1Tm 1:2; 2Tm 1:2\+xt*\f* will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt Heb 1:2\+xt*\f* of the Father, in truth and love.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt 1Jn 4:12\+xt*\f*
\s1 Truth and Deception
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\v 4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 4 \ft \+xt 3Jn 3–4\+xt*\f* in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.
\v 5 So now I ask you, dear lady~#—~#not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning~#—~#that we love one another.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 5 \ft \+xt 1Jn 3:11\+xt*\f*
\v 6 This is love:~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 6 \ft \+xt 1Jn 2:5; 5:3\+xt*\f* that we walk according to his commands.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 6 \ft \+xt Ps 103:18; Mk 7:8; Jn 14:15,21,23; 15:10\+xt*\f* This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 6 \ft Or \fqa in it\f*
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\v 7 Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 7 \ft \+xt Php 3:3\+xt*\f* This is the deceiver and the antichrist.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 7 \ft \+xt 1Jn 2:18,22; 4:3\+xt*\f*
\v 8 Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we~\f + \cat (I)\cat* \fr 8 \ft Other mss read \fqa you\f* have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 8 \ft \+xt 2Pt 2:13\+xt*\f*
\v 9 Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Jn 8:31–32; 1Jn 2:21–23,27\+xt*\f* but goes beyond it does not have God.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Jn 5:12; 8:41; 1Jn 2:23\+xt*\f* The one who remains~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Jn 15:4–16\+xt*\f* in that teaching, this one has both the Father~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Mt 11:27\+xt*\f* and the Son.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Heb 1:2; 1Jn 2:23\+xt*\f*
\v 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 10 \ft \+xt Jn 1:12; 6:21; 13:20\+xt*\f* him into your home, and do not greet him;
\v 11 for the one who greets him shares~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 11 \ft \+xt 1Tm 5:22\+xt*\f* in his evil works.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 11 \ft \+xt Eph 5:11; 1Tm 5:22; Jd 23\+xt*\f*
\s1 Farewell
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\v 12 Though I have many things to write to you,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt 3Jn 13\+xt*\f* I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt Jn 15:11\+xt*\f* may be complete.
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\v 13 The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
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