| 001:001
| The
elder unto 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; |
| 001:002 | For
the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. |
| 001:003 | 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. |
| 001:004 | I
rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have
received a commandment from the Father. |
| 001:005 | 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. |
| 001:006 | And
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. |
| 001:007 | 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. |
| 001:008 | Look
to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that
we receive a full reward. |
| 001:009 | Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He
that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
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| 001:010 | If
there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into
your house, neither bid him God speed: |
| 001:011 | For
he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. |
| 001:012 | 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. |
| 001:013 | The
children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. |