{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:38:00.554Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"2 John","bookSlug":"2-john","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":1,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The elder to 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;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the truth's sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us for ever."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whoever transgresses, and stays not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that stays in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Having many things to write to you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (AKJV)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/akjv/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}