; TITLE: Open English Bible (Commonwealth spelling)
; ABBREVIATION: OEBCW
; HAS ITALICS
; HAS FOOTNOTES
; HAS REDLETTER

$$ JN2 1:1
¶ From the elder, to the lady chosen by God and her children. I truly love you all, and I am not the only one but all who know the truth love you as well.

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We love you for the sake of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever.

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¶ Grace, mercy, and peace will be ours – the gift of God, the Father, and of Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son – in truth and love.

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¶ It was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.

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And now I implore you, dear lady, let us love one another This is not a new command I am writing to you. It is the command we have had from the beginning. – Let us love one another.

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And this is love – to live in obedience to the Father’s commands. This is the command as you learned from the beginning, to live a life of love.

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I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world – men who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ came in flesh and blood. Any such person is a deceiver and antichrist.

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Take care so that you do not what we have worked for but instead receive your full reward.

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Anyone who goes beyond and fails to live inside of the teaching of Christ does not have God. The person who lives inside that teaching – they have both the Father and the Son.

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If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive them into your house or even welcome them;

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because the person who welcomes them is sharing with them in his evil work.

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¶ Though I have many other things to tell you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come and see you, and to speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send you their greetings.