01:01  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;



01:02  For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be 
with us for ever.



01:03  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.



01:04  I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking 
in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.



01:05  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.



01:06  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.



01:07  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.



01:08  Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which 
we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.



01:09  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.



01:10  If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, 
receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:



01:11  For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil 
deeds.



01:12  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.



01:13  The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.







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