The Second Letter of John

     THE ELDER to the Lady chose by God, and her children, whom  
     I love in truth – and not I alone but all who know the truth — for   
     the sake of the truth that dwells among us and will be with us for ever.   
        Grace, mercy, and peace shall be with us from God the Father and from  
     Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.  
        I was delighted to find that some of your children are living by the truth,  
     as we were commanded by the Father.  And now I have a request to make of   
     you.  Do not think I am giving you a new command; I am recalling the one we   
     have had before us from the beginning: let us love one another.  And love  
     means following the commands of God.  This is the command which was  
     given you from the beginning, to be your rule of life.    
        Many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not acknowledge   
     Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.  These are the persons described as the  
     Antichrist, the arch-deceiver.  Beware of them, so that you may not lose  
     all that we worked for, but receive your reward in full.   
        Anyone who runs ahead too far, and does not stand by the doctrine of  
     the Christ, is without God; he who stands by that doctrine possesses both  
     the Father and the Son.  If anyone come to you who does not bring this  
     doctrine, do not welcome him into your house of give him a greeting; for  
     anyone who gives him a greeting is an accomplice in his wicked deeds.   
        I have much to write to you, but I do not care to put it down in black and   
     white.  But I hop to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy  
     may be complete.  The children of your Sister, chosen by God, send their  
     greetings.       

The New English Bible (with Apocrypha)
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, 1970

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