2Jn 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;
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Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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.
The 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:
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
Seeing 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:
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
O 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?
Elect 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.
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? {hinder you: or, drive you back}
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
But 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:
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before {them} all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
It 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,
Remembering 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;
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
The 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:
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. {in...: or, truly}
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace {be} with you all. Amen. «{It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.}»
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. {be: Gr. shall be}
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James {the son} of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, {and} shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat {him} as a father; {and} the younger men as brethren;
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, {are called}:
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James {the son} of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas {the brother} of James.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong {men} retain riches.
Elect 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.