Twentieth Century New Testament
1904 by Committee
2Jo 1:1 To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.
2Jo 1:2 We love you for the sake of that Truth which is always in our hearts; yes, and it will be ours for ever.
2Jo 1:3 Blessing, mercy, and peace will be ours--the gift of God, the Father, and of Jesus Christ, the Father's Son--in a life of truth and love.
2Jo 1:4 It was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the Truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.
2Jo 1:5 And now, I pray you, Lady--not as though I were writing a new command for you; no, it is the command which we had from the first--Let us love one another.
2Jo 1:6 And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.
2Jo 1:7 I say this because many impostors have left us to go into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ come in our human nature. It is that which marks a man as an impostor and an anti-Christ.
2Jo 1:8 Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.
2Jo 1:9 Every one who goes beyond the limits of the Teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the man who keeps to that Teaching--he has found both the Father and the Son.
2Jo 1:10 If any one comes to you and does not bring this Teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him;
2Jo 1:11 for the man who welcomes him is sharing with him in his wicked work.
2Jo 1:12 Though I have a great deal to say to you, I would rather not trust it to paper and ink, but I am hoping to come and see you, and to speak with you face to face, so that your joy may be complete.
2Jo 1:13 The children of your eminent sister send you their greetings.
