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\par }\OneChap {\SH Greeting
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{\MM \VerseOne{1}From the church leader.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“pastor,”
}}{\FT{or
}}{\FQA{“elder.”}}}

\par }{\PP To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love because we share the truth. I’m not the only one who loves you. Everyone who knows the truth also loves you.

\VS{2}We love you because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Good will,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:3 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“Grace.”}}} mercy, and peace will be with us. They come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, who in truth and love is the Father’s Son.


\par }{\SH Living in the Truth
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{\MM \VS{4}I was very happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has commanded us.

\VS{5}Dear lady, I’m now requesting that we continue to love each other. It’s not as though I’m writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, from the beginning we were commanded to love each other.

\VS{6}Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning.


\par }{\SH Reject Teachers Who Don’t Teach What Christ Taught
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{\MM \VS{7}Many people who deceive others have gone into the world. They refuse to declare that Jesus Christ came in flesh and blood. This is the mark of a deceiver and an antichrist.

\VS{8}Be careful that you don’t destroy what we’ve worked for, but that you receive your full reward.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}Everyone who doesn’t continue to teach what Christ taught doesn’t have God. The person who continues to teach what Christ taught has both the Father and the Son.

\VS{10}If anyone comes to you and doesn’t bring these teachings, don’t take him into your home or even greet him.

\VS{11}Whoever greets him shares the evil things he’s doing.


\par }{\SH Farewell
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{\MM \VS{12}I have a lot to write to you. I would prefer not to write a letter. Instead, I hope to visit and talk things over with you personally. Then we will be completely filled with joy.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}The children of your chosen sister greet you.

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