{"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/web/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:18:50.993Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (WEB)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/web/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}