1 T he church leader writes to the chosen lady and to her children. I love you because of the truth. I am not the only one who loves you. All who know the truth love you.

¶ The elder unto the chosen lady and her sons, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all those that have known the truth,

2 I t is because the truth is in us and will be with us forever.

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

3 L oving-favor and loving-kindness and peace are ours as we live in truth and love. These come from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Son of the Father.

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 charity.

4 I am happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has said we should.

I have rejoiced greatly, for I have found of thy sons that they walk in the truth, as we have received the commandment from the Father.

5 A nd now I ask you, lady, that we have love one for the other. I am not writing to you about a new Law but an old one we have had from the beginning.

¶ 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.

6 L ove means that we should live by obeying His Word. From the beginning He has said in His Word that our hearts should be full of love.

And this is charity, that we walk after his commandment. And this is the commandment, That ye walk in him, as ye have heard from the beginning.

7 T here are many false teachers in the world. They do not say that Jesus Christ came in a human body. Such a person does not tell the truth. He is the false-christ.

¶ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This same is a deceiver and antichrist.

8 W atch yourselves! You do not want to lose what we have worked for. You want to get what has been promised to you.

Look to yourselves, that we not lose those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a fulfilled reward.

9 A nyone who goes too far and does not live by the teachings of Christ does not have God. If you live by what Christ taught, you have both the Father and the Son.

Whosoever rebels and does not abide in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. He that abides in the doctrine of the Christ, the same has the Father and the Son.

10 I f a person comes to you with some other kind of teaching, do not take him into your home. Do not even greet him.

¶ If anyone comes unto you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house neither say unto him, Welcome:

11 T he person who does has a share in his sins.

For he that says unto him, Welcome, is partaker of his evil deeds.

12 I have many things to write to you. I do not want to write them in this letter. But I hope to come to you soon. Then we can talk about these things together that your joy may be full.

¶ Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink, but I trust to come unto you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

13 T he children of your chosen sister greet you.

The sons of thy chosen sister greet thee. Amen.