2 John 1:1-3 John 1:14

Murdock^{(i) 1} THE Elder, to Kuria the elect, and to her children: whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but all they who know the truth; ² for the sake of the truth, which abideth in us and is with us for ever. ³ May grace be with you, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I have rejoiced greatly, that I found some of thy children, who walked in the truth, as we have received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now, I beseech thee, Kuria, (I write no new commandment to thee, but that which was with us from the beginning,) that we should love one another. ⁶ And this is love, that we walk according to the commandment. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, that we should walk in it. ⁷ Because many seducers have gone forth into the world, who confess not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh. This is a seducer and Antichrist. ⁸ Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not what ye have wrought; but that ye may be recompensed with a full reward. ⁹ Every one who transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of the Messiah, God is not in him. And he who abideth in his doctrine, he hath the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one cometh to you, and bringeth not this doctrine, entertain him not in your house, nor say to him, Joy to thee: ¹¹ for he that saith to him, Joy to thee, is a participator in his evil deeds. ¹² Having many things I could write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you, and to converse mouth to mouth, that our joy may be complete. ¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee. Grace be with you. Amen.

3 John

¹ THE Elder, to my beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. ² Our beloved; in all things, I pray for thee that thou mayest prosper and be in health, as thy soul doth prosper. ³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified concerning thy integrity, even as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴ And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth. ⁵ Our beloved, thou doest in faith, what thou performest towards the brethren; and especially towards strangers, ⁶ who have borne testimony to thy charity before the whole church, to whom thou doest good, as is pleasing to God. ⁷ For they went forth in behalf of his name, taking nothing of the Gentiles. ⁸ We therefore ought to receive such persons, that we may be aiders of the truth. ⁹ I was desirous of writing to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost among them, Diotrephes, receiveth us not. ¹⁰ Therefore, if he come, remember those his doings, that he treated us with malignant words; and this not sufficing him, he received not the brethren; and those who would receive them, he prohibited, and even ejected them from the church. ¹¹ Our beloved, be not a follower of what is evil, but of what is good. He that doeth good, is of God; but he that doeth evil, hath not seen God. ¹² Of Demetrius, there is good testimony from every one, and from the church, and from the truth itself: and we also bear him testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true. ¹³ I had many things to write to thee; but I will not write them to thee with ink and pen. ¹⁴ { But I hope soon to see thee, and to converse mouth to mouth. [ (III John 1:15) Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends, severally, by name. ]}