2 John 1:1

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KJV King James Version

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;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

WEB World English Bible

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;

ASV American Standard Version

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

Surrounding context — 2 John 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;

2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

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.

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

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1 Timothy 2:4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.John 8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.1 John 3:18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.2 John 1:13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.2 John 1:5And 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 Peter 5:1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:1 Peter 1:22-23Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:1 John 2:21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.Hebrews 10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,2 John 1:2-3For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.Colossians 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;Galatians 5:7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?Galatians 2:5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?2 Thessalonians 2:13-14But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.1 Thessalonians 1:3-4Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;Luke 1:3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

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