1 From|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" elder|strong="G4245", to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" lady|strong="G2959" chosen|strong="G1588" by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3956" children|strong="G5043". I|strong="G1473" truly|strong="G1722" love you|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1722" only|strong="G3441" one|strong="G3739" but|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1097" the|strong="G1722" truth love you|strong="G3739" as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532".
2 We|strong="G2249" love you|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" truth, which|strong="G3588" lives|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G1519" forever|strong="G1519".
3 Grace|strong="G5485", mercy|strong="G1656", and|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" ours|strong="G1473" – the|strong="G1722" gift|strong="G5485" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G5207" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962"’s Son|strong="G5207" – in|strong="G1722" truth and|strong="G2532" love.
4 It|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" great joy|strong="G5463" to|strong="G1722" me|strong="G2147" to|strong="G1722" find|strong="G2147" the|strong="G1722" lives of|strong="G1537" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2983" children|strong="G5043" guided by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" truth, in|strong="G1722" obedience to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" command|strong="G1785" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" received|strong="G2983" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962".
5 And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G3739" implore you|strong="G4771", dear lady|strong="G2959", let|strong="G2443" us love one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G3739" This|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G5613" new|strong="G2537" command|strong="G1785" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" writing|strong="G1125" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" command|strong="G1785" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beginning. – Let|strong="G2443" us love one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G3739".
6 And|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" love – to|strong="G2443" live|strong="G4043" in|strong="G1722" obedience to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" Father’s commands|strong="G1785". This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" command|strong="G1785" as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G1722" learned from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" beginning, to|strong="G2443" live|strong="G4043" a|strong="G2532" life|strong="G4043" of|strong="G2532" love.
7 I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" because|strong="G3754" many|strong="G4183" deceivers|strong="G4108" have|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" – men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" acknowledge|strong="G3670" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" came|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1722" flesh|strong="G4561" and|strong="G2532" blood. Any|strong="G3361" such|strong="G3778" person|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" deceiver|strong="G4108" and|strong="G2532" antichrist.
8 Take|strong="G2443" care so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" lose what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3361" worked|strong="G2038" for|strong="G2443" but|strong="G3361" instead receive your|strong="G1438" full|strong="G4134" reward|strong="G3408".
9 Anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" goes|strong="G4254" beyond and|strong="G2532" fails to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" inside|strong="G1722" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G1322" of|strong="G5207" Christ|strong="G5547" does|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" God|strong="G2316". The|strong="G1722" person|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" lives|strong="G3306" inside|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" – they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207".
10 If|strong="G1487" anyone|strong="G5100" comes|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2064" not|strong="G3756" bring|strong="G5342" this|strong="G3778" teaching|strong="G1322", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" receive|strong="G2983" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" or|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" welcome them|strong="G3588";
11 because|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" person|strong="G4190" who|strong="G3588" welcomes them|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" sharing with|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3004" their|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G4190" work|strong="G2041".
12 Though|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1014" rather|strong="G3756" not|strong="G3756" use|strong="G2192" paper|strong="G5489" and|strong="G2532" ink|strong="G3188". Instead I|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1679" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G1096" and|strong="G2532" see you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G2980" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" face|strong="G4750" to|strong="G4314" face|strong="G4750", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" our|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5479" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" complete|strong="G4137".
13 The|strong="G3588" children|strong="G5043" of|strong="G5043" your|strong="G3588" sister, who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" chosen|strong="G1588" by|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588", send you|strong="G4771" their|strong="G3588" greetings.