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Greeting
forever[fn].
I was very glad[fn] because I found some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us[fn].
Watch Out for False Teachers
if I were writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another.[fn] coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
your house and do not speak a greeting to him,
Conclusion and Final Greeting
Although[fn] I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so by means of paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face[fn], so that your[fn] joy may be complete.
5:21 Or “in perpetuity”; literally “for the age”
5:21 Literally “I rejoiced exceedingly”
5:21 Literally “we received commandment from the Father”
5:21 Or “confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh” (see1 John 4:2|link-href="None" )
5:21 *Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as concessive
5:21 Literally “mouth to mouth”
5:21 Some manuscripts have “our”