it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
2 John 1:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE ELDERLY elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the elect (chosen) lady (Cyria) and her children, whom I truly love–and not only I but also all who are [progressively] learning to recognize and know and understand the Truth– American Standard Version (1901) The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; Common English Bible From the elder. To the chosen gentlewoman and her children, whom I truly love (and I am not the only one, but also all who know the truth), Catholic Public Domain Version The Elder to the Elect Lady, and those born of her, whom I love in the truth: and not I alone, but also all those who have known the truth, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancient to the lady Elect, and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth, |
it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
Ye were running well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
who willeth that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.