{"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/erv/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:18:15.136Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be fulfilled."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of thine elect sister salute thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (ERV)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/erv/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}