{"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/wnt/2-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:00:23.656Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","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. Truly I love you all, and not I alone, but also all who know the truth,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for the sake of the truth which is continually in our hearts and will be with us  for ever."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"It is an intense joy to me to have found  some of your children living true Christian lives, in obedience to the command which we have received from the Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now, dear lady, I pray you--writing to you, as I do, not a new command, but the one which  we have had from the very beginning--let us love one another."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For many deceivers have gone out into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ who has come in human nature.  Such a one is 'the deceiver' and 'the anti-Christ.'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"No one has God, who instead of remaining true to the  teaching of Christ, presses on in advance: but he who remains true to that teaching has both the Father and the Son."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If any one who comes to you does not bring this teaching, do not receive him under your roof nor  bid him Farewell."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He who bids him Farewell is a sharer in his evil deeds."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have a great deal to say to you all, but will not write it with paper and ink. Yet I hope to come to see you and speak face to face, so that your happiness may be complete."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The children of your elect sister send greetings to you."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 John 1 (WNT)","markdown":"[2 John 1](https://primebible.com/wnt/2-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/2-john/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}