1 The elder to 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; Compare verse12 commentaries
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. Compare verse2 commentaries
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. Compare verse2 commentaries
5 And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. Compare verse2 commentaries
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. Compare verse2 commentaries
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. Compare verse5 commentaries
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward. Compare verse2 commentaries
9 Whoever transgresses, and stays not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that stays in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son. Compare verse2 commentaries
10 If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: Compare verse8 commentaries
12 Having many things to write to you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. Compare verse2 commentaries