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2 John 1:1-13

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1 ¶ The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; elderG4245 electG1588 ladyG2959 andG2532 herG846 childrenG5043 whomG3739 IG1473 loveG25 inG1722 truthG225 andG2532 notG3756 IG1473 onlyG3441 butG235 alsoG2532 allG3956 knownG1097 truthG225

2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. ForG1223 sakeG225 whichG3588 dwellethG3306 inG1722 usG2254 andG2532 beG2071 withG3326 usG2257 forG1519 everG165

3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. GraceG5485 beG2071 withG3326 youG5216 mercyG1656 peaceG1515 fromG3844 GodG2316 FatherG3962 andG2532 fromG3844 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 SonG5207 FatherG3962 inG1722 truthG225 andG2532 loveG26

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. rejoicedG5463 greatlyG3029 thatG3754 foundG2147 ofG1537 thyG4675 childrenG5043 walkingG4043 inG1722 truthG225 asG2531 receivedG2983 commandmentG1785 fromG3844 FatherG3962

5 ¶ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. AndG2532 nowG3568 beseechG2065 theeG4571 ladyG2959 notG3756 thoughG5613 wroteG1125 wroteG1125 newG2537 commandmentG1785 theeG4671 butG235 whichG3739 hadG2192 fromG575 beginningG746 thatG2443 loveG25 anotherG240

6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. AndG2532 thisG3778 isG2076 loveG26 thatG2443 walkG4043 afterG2596 hisG846 commandmentsG1785 ThisG3778 isG2076 commandmentG1785 ThatG2443 asG2531 heardG191 fromG575 beginningG746 walkG4043 inG1722 itG846

7 ¶ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. ForG3754 manyG4183 deceiversG4108 enteredG1525 intoG1519 worldG2889 whoG3588 confessG3670 notG3361 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 comeG2064 inG1722 fleshG4561 ThisG3778 isG2076 deceiverG4108 andG2532 antichristG500

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. LookG991 yourselvesG1438 thatG3363 loseG622 notG3363 whichG3739 wroughtG2038 butG235 receiveG618 fullG4134 rewardG3408

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. WhosoeverG3956 transgressethG3845 andG2532 abidethG3306 notG3361 inG1722 doctrineG1322 ChristG5547 hathG2192 notG3756 GodG2316 abidethG3306 inG1722 doctrineG1322 ChristG5547 heG3778 hathG2192 bothG2532 FatherG3962 andG2532 SonG5207

10 ¶ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: IfG1536 comeG2064 anyG1536 anyG5100 untoG4314 youG5209 andG2532 bringG5342 notG3756 thisG5026 doctrineG1322 receiveG2983 himG846 notG3361 intoG1519 houseG3614 neitherG2532 neitherG3361 bidG3004 himG846 speedG5463

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. ForG1063 biddethG3004 himG846 speedG5463 partakerG2841 hisG846 evilG4190 deedsG2041

12 ¶ Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. HavingG2192 thingsG4183 writeG1125 youG5213 wouldG1014 notG3756 withG1223 paperG5489 andG2532 inkG3188 butG235 trustG1679 comeG2064 untoG4314 youG5209 andG2532 speakG2980 faceG4750 toG4314 faceG4750 thatG2443 ourG2257 joyG5479 beG5600 fullG4137

13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. childrenG5043 thyG4675 electG1588 sisterG79 greetG782 theeG4571 AmenG281

Cross-references for 2 John 1:1

  • 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
  • John 8:32 ‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›
  • 1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
  • 1 Peter 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • 1 Peter 5:1 ¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • 2 John 1:5 ¶ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
  • 2 John 1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
  • Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
  • 1 John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
  • 2 John 1:2-3 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
  • Galatians 2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
  • Galatians 3:1 ¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
  • Galatians 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
  • Colossians 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 ¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
  • 1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
  • Luke 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
  • Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
  • Ephesians 1:4-5 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
  • 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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