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And this is what demonstrates[a] love: that we live according to God’s[b] commandments. Just as you[c] have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you[d] must live by it.

Reject False Teachers

For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah[e] as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist. See[f] to it that you[g] don’t destroy what we have[h] worked for, but that you[i] receive your[j] full reward.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 John 1:6 The Gk. lacks what demonstrates
  2. 2 John 1:6 Lit. his
  3. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)
  4. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)
  5. 2 John 1:7 Or Christ
  6. 2 John 1:8 The Gk. verb is pl.
  7. 2 John 1:8 Lit. you (pl.)
  8. 2 John 1:8 Other mss. read you have
  9. 2 John 1:8 Lit. you (pl.)
  10. 2 John 1:8 Lit. your (pl.)