| Chapter 1
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| 1 | 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; |
| 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 the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. |
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4 | I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children
walking in truth, as we have 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
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8 | Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 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. |
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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. Amen. |
