New American Standard Bible 1995

2 John 1

Walk According to His Commandments

1 1The elder to the 2chosen 3lady and her children, whom I 4love in truth; and not only I, but also all who 5know the truth, 2for 6the sake of the truth which abides 7in us and will be 8with us forever: 3 9Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 10I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father. 5Now I ask you, lady, 11not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had 12from the beginning, that we 13love one another. 6And 14this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, 15just as you have heard 16from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

7For 17many deceivers have 18gone out into the world, those who 19do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is 20the deceiver and the 21antichrist. 8 22Watch yourselves, 23that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 9 24Anyone who 25goes too far and 26does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, 27do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; 11for the one who gives him a greeting 28participates in his evil deeds.

12 29Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that 30your 31joy may be made full.

13The children of your 32chosen sister greet you.

Notes

1. 2 John 1:1 Acts 11:30; 1 Pet 5:1; 3 John 1 ↩
2. 2 John 1:1 Rom 16:13; 1 Pet 5:13; 2 John 13 ↩
3. 2 John 1:1 2 John 5 ↩
4. 2 John 1:1 1 John 3:18; 2 John 3; 3 John 1 ↩
5. 2 John 1:1 John 8:32; 1 Tim 2:4 ↩
6. 2 John 1:2 2 Pet 1:12 ↩
7. 2 John 1:2 1 John 1:8 ↩
8. 2 John 1:2 John 14:16 ↩
9. 2 John 1:3 Rom 1:7; 1 Tim 1:2 ↩
10. 2 John 1:4 3 John 3f ↩
11. 2 John 1:5 1 John 2:7 ↩
12. 2 John 1:5 1 John 2:7 ↩
13. 2 John 1:5 John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:11; 4:7, 11 ↩
14. 2 John 1:6 1 John 2:5; 5:3 ↩
15. 2 John 1:6 1 John 2:24 ↩
16. 2 John 1:6 1 John 2:7 ↩
17. 2 John 1:7 1 John 2:26 ↩
18. 2 John 1:7 1 John 2:19; 4:1 ↩
19. 2 John 1:7 1 John 4:2f ↩
20. 2 John 1:7 1 John 2:26 ↩
21. 2 John 1:7 1 John 2:18 ↩
22. 2 John 1:8 Mark 13:9 ↩
23. 2 John 1:8 1 Cor 3:8; Heb 10:35 ↩
24. 2 John 1:9 Lit Everyone ↩
25. 2 John 1:9 Lit goes on ahead ↩
26. 2 John 1:9 John 7:16; 8:31; 1 John 2:23 ↩
27. 2 John 1:10 1 Kin 13:16f; Rom 16:17; 2 Thess 3:6, 14; Titus 3:10 ↩
28. 2 John 1:11 Eph 5:11; 1 Tim 5:22; Jude 23 ↩
29. 2 John 1:12 3 John 13, 14 ↩
30. 2 John 1:12 One early ms reads our ↩
31. 2 John 1:12 John 3:29; 1 John 1:4 ↩
32. 2 John 1:13 2 John 1 ↩

Walk According to His Commandments

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Commentaries on 2 John 1