2 John 1–6

GREETING

The elder:

To the electa lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not only I, but also all who know the truthb—2 because of the truth that remains in usc and will be with us forever.

3 Grace, mercy, and peaced will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Sone of the Father, in truth and love.f

TRUTH AND DECEPTION

4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth,g in keeping with a command we have received from the Father. 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.h 6 This is love:i that we walk according to his commands.j This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.A