{"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/dbt/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:02:29.275Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace shall be with you, mercy, 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 have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we should love one another."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh this is the deceiver and the antichrist."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, he has both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into the house, and greet him not;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for he who greets him partakes in his wicked works."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Having many things to write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of thine elect sister greet thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}