2 John 1:4-11

Walking in Truth and Love

4 ¹I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.

5 And now I ask you, dear lady--²not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning--³that we love one another.

6 And ⁴this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just ⁵as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

7 For ⁶many deceivers ⁷have gone out into the world, ⁸those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8 Watch yourselves, ⁹so that you may not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but ¹⁰may win a full reward.

9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, ¹¹does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching ¹²has both the Father and the Son.

10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ¹³do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

11 for whoever greets him ¹⁴takes part in his wicked works.