2 John 4-9
English Standard Version
Walking in Truth and Love
4 (A)I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. 5 And now I ask you, dear lady—(B)not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—(C)that we love one another. 6 And (D)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just (E)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 7 For (F)many deceivers (G)have gone out into the world, (H)those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, (I)so that you may not lose what we[a] have worked for, but (J)may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, (K)does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching (L)has both the Father and the Son.
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2 John 4-9
New International Version
4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(A) just as the Father commanded us. 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(B) I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love:(C) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(D) As you have heard from the beginning,(E) his command is that you walk in love.
7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(F) as coming in the flesh,(G) have gone out into the world.(H) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(I) 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(J) 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ(K) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.(L)
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- 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you
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