| 1:1 | 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; |
| 1:2 | For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. |
| 1:3 | Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. |
| 1:4 | I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. |
| 1:5 | 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. |
| 1:6 | 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. |
| 1:7 | 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. |
| 1:8 | Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. |
| 1:8 | 你們要小心、不要失去你們〔有古卷作我們〕所作的工、乃要得著滿足的賞賜。 |
| 1:8 | 你们要小心，不要失去你们（有古卷作我们）所作的工，乃要得着满足的赏赐。 |
| mak:13:9 | But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. |
| 1co:3:8 | Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. |
| heb:10:35 | Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. |
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| 1:9 | 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. |
| 1:10 | If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: |
| 1:11 | For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. |
| 1:12 | Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. |
| 1:13 | The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. |
