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Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus[a] the Messiah,[b] the Father’s Son, in truth and love.

Living in the Truth

I was overjoyed to find some of your[c] children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us. Dear lady, I am now requesting of you[d] that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you[e] a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 John 1:3 Other mss. read the Lord Jesus
  2. 2 John 1:3 Or Christ
  3. 2 John 1:4 Lit. your (sing.)
  4. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)
  5. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)