2 John 1:1-3 John 1:14 THE Elder to the chosen Lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all who have come to know the truth)

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ THE Elder to the chosen Lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all who have come to know the truth) ² for the sake of the truth which remains in us and will be with us forever: ³ Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children living in truth, as we received command from the Father. ⁵ And now I pray you, Lady, not as if writing a new command for you, but one that we have had from the beginning, let us love one another. ⁶ This is love: to live by his commands. This is the command, as you heard from the beginning that you must live by it. ⁷ For many deceivers have come out into the world and they do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the Antichrist. ⁸ Guard yourselves so as not to lose what we have worked for, but so that you may gain a full reward. ⁹ Every one who goes forward and does not remain in the teaching of Christ is without God. He who remains in the teaching, he has the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house and do not bid him welcome. ¹¹ He who bids him welcome becomes a sharer in his wicked works. ¹² I have much to write to you, but I will not do it with paper and ink. I hope to be with you soon and to speak face to face so that our joy may be complete. ¹³ The children of your chosen sister send greetings to you.

3 John

¹ THE Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth: ² Beloved, I pray that in everything you may prosper and be in health, just as your soul now prospers. ³ For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified to your truth — that you are living in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living in the truth. ⁵ Beloved, you do faithfully whatever work you do for the brethren, even when they are strangers, ⁶ and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to help them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God. ⁷ For it was for the Name that they came out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ We ought to help such men so as to be fellow workers with the truth. ⁹ I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who desires to be first among them, does not receive us. ¹⁰ Therefore, if I come I will bring to mind the works that he is doing, accusing us with wicked words, and not satisfied with that, neither does he receive the brethren, and he hinders those who wish to do so and expels them from the church. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate evil, but good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil has not seen God. ¹² Testimony has been borne to Demetrius by all and by the truth itself. We too bear testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. ¹³ I had much to write to you, but I will not write to you with ink and pen. ¹⁴ But I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends send greetings to you. Greet the friends by name.