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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.)

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ,(A) the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(B) just as the Father commanded us. And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(C) I ask that we love one another.

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