\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 John}

{\MTB THE SECOND EPISTLE OF

\par }{\MT JOHN.



\par }\OneChap {\MM \VerseOne{1}{\SC{The}} elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

\VS{2}for the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

\VS{3}Grace be with you, mercy,
{\ADD{and}} peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

\VS{4}I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

\VS{5}And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but
{\ADD{that}} which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

\VS{6}And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

\VS{7}For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

\VS{8}Look to yourselves, that we lose not
{\ADD{those things}} which we have wrought, but
{\ADD{that}} we receive a full reward.

\VS{9}Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

\VS{10}If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into
{\ADD{your}} house, neither bid him God speed:

\VS{11}for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Having many
{\ADD{things}} to write unto you, I would not
{\ADD{write}} with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

\VS{13}The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.


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