2 John

^aThe elder unto ^bthe elect lady and her children, ^cwhom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have ^dknown ^ethe truth; ^2ffor the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. ^3ghGrace be with you, ^gmercy, and ^ghpeace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, ^cin truth and love. ⁴I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children ⁱwalking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. ⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, ^knot as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but ^kthat which we had from the beginning, ^kthat we love one another. ⁶And ^lthis is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, ^mas ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. ⁷For ⁿmany deceivers are entered into the world, ^owho confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. ^oThis is ^pa deceiver and an ⁿantichrist. ^8qLook to yourselves, ^rthat we lose not those things which we have ^rrwrought, but that ^swe receive a full reward. ⁹Whosoever ^ttransgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, ^uhath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he ^uhath both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, ^vreceive him not into your house, ^vneither bid him God speed: ¹¹for he that biddeth him God speed ^wis partaker of his evil deeds.

^12xHaving many things to write unto you, I would not write with ^ypaper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, ^zthat our joy may be full. ¹³The children of thy ^belect sister greet thee. Amen.