\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

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\par }\OneChap {\SH 2 John 1-3
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{\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.
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{\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.
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{\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.
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{\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.
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{\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.
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{\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►.


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