\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 JOHN}
{\MTB This book is one of the letters that the Apostle John wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book
\par }{\MT 2 John

\par }\OneChap {\SH 2 John 1-3
\par }{\SH I, the Elder, write to the congregation and to all the members. I love you and know that God the Father and his Son will bless us.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
You
all
know
me
as}}
the
{\ADD{
chief}}
Elder.
{\ADD{
I
am
writing
this
letter}}
to
all
of
you [MET]
in
your
congregation.
{\ADD{
God
has}}
chosen
{\ADD{
you}},
and
I
love
you
truly!
Not
only
do
I
myself
love
you,
but
all
those
who
know
{\ADD{
and
accept
the}}
true
message
{\ADD{
that
Jesus
taught}}
also
love
you!
\VS{2}All
of
us
{\ADD{
believe
God’s}}
true
message.
It
is
in
our ◄{\ADD{
inner
beings/hearts}}►
and
we
will
continue
{\ADD{
to
believe
it}}
forever!
\VS{3}God
the
Father
and
Jesus
Christ,
who
is ◄his
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►,
will
continue
{\ADD{
to
act}}
kindly
and mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
us
because
they}}
love
{\ADD{
us.
They
will
enable
us
to
have
inner}}
peace,
{\ADD{
because
we
believe}}
their
true
message.
\par }{\SH I
am
happy
that
some
of
your
members
are
living
just
like
God
commanded
us
to
live.
\par }{\SR 2
John 4
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
am
very
happy
because
I
learned
about
some
of
you [SYN]
who
are conducting
your
lives
in
a
manner
that
is ◄consistent/in
accordance►
with
{\ADD{
God’s}}
true
message.
You
are
doing
that
just
like
our
Father
{\ADD{
God}}
commanded
us
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
\par }{\SH Continue
to
love
each
other
just
like
God
commanded
us
to
love
when
we
first
began
to
believe
his
true
message.
\par }{\SR 2 John 5-6
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
now,
dear
congregation [MET],
{\ADD{
there
is
something
that}}
I
am
requesting
you
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
I
am
writing
this
not
to
command
that
you
do
something
new,
but
{\ADD{
that
you
continue
to
do}}
what
God
commanded
when
we
first
began [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
believe
his
true
message.
What
he
commanded}}
is
that
we
love
each
other.
\VS{6}And
{\ADD{
we
really/truly}}
are
loving
{\ADD{
God}}
when
we
are conducting
our
lives
in
accordance
with
whatever
he
commands
{\ADD{
us
to
do}}.
What
he
commands
us
to
do
is
to
continue
{\ADD{
to
love
one
another}}.
That
is
exactly
what
you
heard
when
you
first
began [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
believe
God’s
true
message}}.
\par }{\SH Be
on
your
guard
against
teachers
of
false
doctrine,
so
that
you
will
receive
your
complete
reward
of
being
with
God
eternally.
Do
not
welcome
or
encourage
any
of
these
false
teachers
in
any
way.
\par }{\SR 2
John 7-11
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Many
people
who
deceive
{\ADD{
others
have
left
your
congregation
and}}
have
now
gone
out
among
other
people
who
are
{\ADD{
in
your
area}} [MTY].
They
are
the
ones
who ◄do
not
acknowledge/refuse
to
say►
that
Jesus
Christ
became
human.
They
are
the
very
ones
who
deceive
{\ADD{
people}}
and
oppose
{\ADD{
what
we
teach
about}}
Christ.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
So}}
be
sure
that
{\ADD{
you
do
not
let
those
teachers
deceive
you}}!
If
you
let
them
deceive
you,
you
will
lose
{\ADD{
the
reward}}
which
we,
{\ADD{
together
with
you}},
have
been
working
for,
and
you
will
not
receive
the
complete
reward
{\ADD{
of
being
eternally
united
to
God}}!
\VS{9}Those
who
change
what
Christ
taught
and
do
not
continue
{\ADD{
to
believe}}
what
he
taught
do
not
have
{\ADD{
a relationship
with}}
God.
{\ADD{
But}}
those
who
continue
to
believe
{\ADD{
what
Christ}}
taught
have
{\ADD{
a
close relationship
with}}
both
{\ADD{
God,
our}}
Father,
and
with ◄his
Son/the
one
who
is
also
God►.
\VS{10}So
when
anyone
comes
to
you
who
teaches
something
different
from
{\ADD{
what Christ}}
taught,
do
not
welcome
him
into
your
homes!
Do
not
{\ADD{
encourage
him
by}} ◄wishing
him
well/greeting
him
as
a
fellow believer►
{\ADD{
in
any
way}}!
\VS{11}{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
because
if
you
treat
people
like
that
as
you
would
treat
a
fellow believer,
{\ADD{
God
will
punish
you}}
along
with
them
for
the
evil
that
they
do.
\par }{\SH Instead
of
writing
much
more
to
you,
I
expect
to
come
and
talk
directly
with
you.
The
members
of
your
sister
congregation
greet
you.
\par }{\SR 2
John 12-13
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
Even
though}}
I
have
much
{\ADD{
more
that
I
want}}
to
tell
you,
I
have
decided
not
{\ADD{
to
say
it}}
in
a
letter [MTY].
Instead,
I
expect
to
be
with
you
{\ADD{
soon}}
and
talk
directly
with
you.
Then
we
can
be
completely
joyful
{\ADD{
together}}.
\VS{13}Your
fellow believers
here [MET],
ones
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
has
also
chosen, ◄send
their greetings
to
you/say
that
they
are
thinking affectionately
about
you►.
\par }