2 John · Unlocked Literal Bible
2 John 1 Unlocked Literal Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 From the elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth—and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth—
1 Ὁ πρεσβύτερος, ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς, οὓς ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐγνωκότες τὴν ἀλήθειαν,
2 because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
2 διὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τὴν μένουσαν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
3 ἔσται μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη παρὰ Θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ παρὰ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ πατρός, ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἀγάπῃ.
4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received this commandment from the Father.
4 Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.
5 Now I plead with you, lady—not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning—that we should love one another.
5 καὶ νῦν ἐρωτῶ σε, κυρία, οὐχ ὡς ἐντολὴν γράφων σοι καινήν, ἀλλὰ ἣν εἴχομεν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους.
6 This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
6 καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη, ἵνα περιπατῶμεν κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ. αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολή, καθὼς ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῇ περιπατῆτε.
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, and they do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
7 ὅτι πολλοὶ πλάνοι εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πλάνος καὶ ὁ ἀντίχριστος.
8 Look to yourselves, that you do not lose the things for which we all have worked, but so that you may receive a full reward.
8 βλέπετε ἑαυτούς, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσωμεν ἃ εἰργασάμεθα, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπολάβωμεν.
9 Whoever goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.
9 πᾶς ὁ παραβαίνων καὶ μὴ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Θεὸν οὐκ ἔχει· ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οὗτος καὶ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει.
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not greet him.
10 εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ταύτην τὴν διδαχὴν οὐ φέρει, μὴ λαμβάνετε αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν, καὶ χαίρειν αὐτῷ μὴ λέγετε·
11 For the one who greets him participates in his evil deeds.
11 ὁ γὰρ λέγων [αὐτῷ] χαίρειν κοινωνεῖ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς πονηροῖς.
12 I have many things to write to you, but I did not wish to write them with paper and ink. However, I expect to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy will be complete.
12 Πολλὰ ἔχων ὑμῖν γράφειν, οὐκ ἠβουλήθην διὰ χάρτου καὶ μέλανος, ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλῆσαι, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
13 The children of your chosen sister greet you.
13 ἀσπάζεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς· ἀμήν.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 2:4; John 8:32; 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22–23; 2 John 13
- 2 1 John 2:17; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:14; John 15:7; 2 Peter 1:12
- 3 1 John 4:10; Romans 1:7; 1 Timothy 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:14; Galatians 5:6
- 4 3 John 3–4; Ephesians 5:8; 1 John 2:6; Ephesians 5:2; 1 John 1:6–7
- 5 1 John 3:11; John 15:12; John 13:34–35; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 3:23
- 6 1 John 5:3; 1 John 2:24; John 15:10; John 14:15; 1 John 2:5
- 7 1 John 4:1–3; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 2:18–22; 2 Peter 2:1–3; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 8 Hebrews 10:35; Revelation 3:11; 1 Corinthians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Hebrews 12:15
- 9 John 7:16–17; Colossians 3:16; 1 John 2:22–24; John 15:6; 1 John 1:3
- 10 Titus 3:10; Romans 16:17–18; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Timothy 3:5–6; 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- 11 1 Timothy 5:22; Ephesians 5:11; Revelation 18:4; Psalm 50:18
- 12 John 16:12; 3 John 13–14; John 15:11; 1 Corinthians 16:5–7; Numbers 12:8
- 13 2 John 1–13; 1 Peter 5:13
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