\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 John}
{\MT John’s Second Letter

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Elder,
To
the
chosen
lady
and
her
children,
whom
I sincerely
love\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“sincere
love”
is used
to translate “agape” (the strongest
kind
of
love)
throughout
this letter.}
in
truth -
and
not
only
I,
but
also
all
those
who
have
known
the
truth -
\VS{2}because
of
the
truth
which
lives
in
us
and
will
be
with
us
forever:
\VS{3}Grace,
mercy,
and
peace
will
be
with
us
from
God
the
Father
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Son
of
the
Father,
in
truth
and sincere
love.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
was
very
glad
to
find
some
of
your
children
walking
in
truth,
just
as
we
have been
commanded
to
do
by
the
Father.
\VS{5}Now
I
ask
you, dear
lady,
not
as
writing
to
you
a
new
commandment,
but
the
one
which
we
have
had
from
the
beginning,
that
we sincerely
love
one
another.
\VS{6}This
is sincere
love:
that
we
walk
according
to
His
commandments.
This
is
the
commandment,
just
as
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning,
that
you
should
walk
in
it.
\VS{7}For
many
deceivers
have
gone
out
into
the
world -
those
who
don’t
acknowledge
that
Jesus
Christ
has
come
in
the
flesh.
Such
a
one
is
a
deceiver
and
an
antichrist.
\VS{8}Watch
yourselves,
that
you might
not
lose
what
we
have accomplished,
but
that
you
may get
a
full
reward.
\VS{9}Anyone
who
doesn’t
live
in
the
teaching
of
Christ,
but runs away
from
it,
doesn’t
have
God.
One
who
lives
in
the
teaching
has
both
the
Father
and
the
Son.
\VS{10}If
anyone
comes
to
you
and
doesn’t
bring
this
teaching,
don’t welcome
or
receive
that
person
into
your
house,
\VS{11}for
the
one
who welcomes such
a
person
participates
in
that person’s
evil
deeds.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Since
I
have
so
many
things
to
write
to
you,
I
don’t
want
to
do
so
with
paper
and
ink;
but
I
hope
to
come
to
you
and
speak
face
to
face,
that
our
joy
may
be
made
full.
\VS{13}The
children
of
your
chosen
sister
greet
you. Amen.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:13 }
Amen means “so
be it.”}
\par }{\PP \par }