{"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/kjv/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T04:55:50.009Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace be with you, mercy, <i>and</i> 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 thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, 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 ye have heard from the beginning, ye 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 wrought, but that we receive a full reward."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into <i>your</i> house, neither bid him God speed:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Having many things to write unto you, I would not <i>write</i> with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}