<vn='1'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="4245">elder</s> unto the <sn="1588">elect</s><sn="2959">lady</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="5043">children</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="225">truth</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3441">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3956">all</s> they that have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>For <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth's</s><sn="1223">sake</s>, which <sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="165">ever</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="5485">Grace</s><sn="2071">be</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="1656">mercy</s>, and <sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="3844">from</s><sn="2316">God</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3844">from</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="26">love</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>I <sn="5463">rejoiced</s><sn="3029">greatly</s><sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="2147">found</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="5043">children</s><sn="4043">walking</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> we have <sn="2983">received</s> a <sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="3844">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3568">now</s> I <sn="2065">beseech</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, <sn="2959">lady</s>, <sn="3756">not</s> as <sn="5613">though</s> I <sn="1125">wrote</s> a <sn="2537">new</s><sn="1785">commandment</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="235">but</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> we <sn="2192">had</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="26">love</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandments</s>. <sn="3778">This</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, <sn="*2443">That</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>, ye should <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">it</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="4108">deceivers</s> are <sn="1525">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, who <sn="3670">confess</s><sn="3361">not</s> that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> is <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>. <sn="3778">This</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="4108">deceiver</s><sn="2532">and</s> an <sn="500">antichrist</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Look <sn="991">to</s><sn="1438">yourselves</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we <sn="622">lose</s><sn="3361">not</s> those things <sn="3739">which</s> we have <sn="2038">wrought</s>, <sn="235">but</s> that we <sn="618">receive</s> a <sn="4134">full</s><sn="3408">reward</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s><sn="3845">transgresseth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2316">God</s>. He that <sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3778">he</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="2532">both</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>If there <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1536">any</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5342">bring</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s>, <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1519">into</s> your <sn="3614">house</s>, <sn="2532 3361">neither</s><sn="3004">bid</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="5463">Godspeed</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1063">For</s> he that <sn="3004">biddeth</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="5463">Godspeed</s> is <sn="2841">partaker</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="4190">evil</s><sn="2041">deeds</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2192">Having</s> many <sn="4183">things</s> to <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, I <sn="1014">would</s><sn="3756">not</s> write <sn="1223">with</s><sn="5489">paper</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3188">ink</s>: <sn="235">but</s> I <sn="1679">trust</s> to <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2980">speak</s><sn="4750">face</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="4750">face</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="5479">joy</s> may <sn="5600">be</s><sn="4137">full</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1588">elect</s><sn="79">sister</s><sn="782">greet</s><sn="4571">thee</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>