| 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; |
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| 2: For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with
us for ever. |
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| 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.
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| 4: I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in
truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 8: Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we
have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. |
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| 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. |
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| 10: If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine,
receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: |
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| 11: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil
deeds. |
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| 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. |
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| 13: The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. |
