| 1 | The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth; | 1Pe 5:1 3Jn 1:1 |
| 2 | for the truth`s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever: | 1Co 9:23 2Co 4:5 |
| 3 | Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. | Ro 1:7 1Ti 1:2 |
| 4 | I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father. | Php 4:10 1Th 2:19 1Th 2:20 1Th 3:6-10 3Jn 1:3 3Jn 1:4 |
| 5 | Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. | 1Jn 2:7 1Jn 2:8 1Jn 3:11 |
| 6 | This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. | Jn 14:15 Jn 14:21 Jn 15:10 Jn 15:14 Ro 13:8 Ro 13:9 Ga 5:13 Ga 5:14 1Jn 5:3 1Jn 5:15 |
| 7 | For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don`t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist. | 2Pe 2:1-3 1Jn 2:18-22 1Jn 4:1 |
| 8 | Watch yourselves, that we don`t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. | Mt 24:4 Mt 24:24 Mt 24:25 Mk 13:5 Mk 13:6 Mk 13:9 Mk 13:23 Lk 21:8 Heb 12:15 Rev 3:11 |
| 9 | Whoever transgresses and doesn`t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn`t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. | Jn 15:6 1Jn 2:22-24 |
| 10 | If anyone comes to you, and doesn`t bring this teaching, don`t receive him into your house, and don`t welcome him, | 2Jn 1:11 Ro 16:17 Ro 16:18 1Co 5:11 1Co 16:22 Ga 1:8 Ga 1:9 2Ti 3:5 2Ti 3:6 Tit 3:10 |
| 11 | for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works. | Ps 50:18 Eph 5:11 1Ti 5:22 Rev 18:4 |
| 12 | Having many things to write to you, I don`t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full. | Jn 16:12 |
| 13 | The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen. | 2Jn 1:1 1Pe 5:13 |
