2 JOHN
1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth - and
not I only, but also all they that have known the truth -
2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us and shall
be with us for ever:
3 Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and from Yahshua
the Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we
received a commandment from the Father.
5 And now I beseech thee, lady - not as though I wrote a new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the beginning - that we love one another.
6 Yea, 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;
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess
not that Yahshua the Christ is to come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an
antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever goes contrary to and abideth not in the doctrine hath
not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of the
Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not
into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of
his evil deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and
ink; but I trust to come unto you and speak face to face, that our joy may be
full.
13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee.