Thematic Bible




2 John 1:1 (show verse)

The Elder:

To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth

2 John 1:2 (show verse)

because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.

2 John 1:3 (show verse)

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

2 John 1:4 (show verse)

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.

2 John 1:5 (show verse)

So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

2 John 1:6 (show verse)

And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.

2 John 1:7 (show verse)

Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

2 John 1:8 (show verse)

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

2 John 1:9 (show verse)

Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it, does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:10 (show verse)

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him;

2 John 1:11 (show verse)

for the one who says, “Welcome,” to him shares in his evil works.

2 John 1:12 (show verse)

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

2 John 1:13 (show verse)

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.