2 John 1:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you [i.e., to your meetings] who does not bring this teaching [about Christ], you should not welcome him into your home or give him [any] greetings [i.e., suggesting approval or endorsement].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine [is disloyal to what Jesus Christ taught], do not receive him [do not accept him, do not welcome or admit him] into [your] house or bid him Godspeed or give him any encouragement.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting:

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Whoever comes to you who does not affirm this teaching should neither be received nor welcomed into your home,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not be willing to receive him into the house, and do not speak a greeting to him.

2 John 1:10 Cross References

Titus 3:10

After you have warned a divisive person twice, have nothing more to do with him [i.e., withdraw spiritual fellowship from him].

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers, in the name [i.e., by the authority] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you people stay away from every brother [or sister] who lives an idle life [See note on I Thess. 5:14], and not according to the [inspired] tradition which you received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

And if any person does not obey our instructions, [given] in this letter, you should take note of him so that you do not associate with him, in hope that he will become ashamed [of his conduct].

1 Corinthians 5:11

But I wrote to you not to associate with anyone claiming to be a [Christian] brother who is [guilty of being] sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or who speaks abusively, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat [a social meal] with such a person.

2 John 1:11

For the person who greets him [with approval] participates in his evil deeds [i.e., in his false teaching].

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone [there] does not love the Lord, he deserves to be cut off from God. O Lord, come [back soon]

Acts 15:23

This is what they wrote [in the letter]: “[This is] from your brothers, the apostles and elders [of the Jerusalem church]: Greetings to [our] Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.

3 John 1:10

So, if I come [to visit you], I will remind you of what he is doing, [such as] using wicked words to talk nonsense against us [apostles]. And, not being satisfied with that, he [also] refuses to welcome the [other] brothers, and prevents [other] people from doing so [i.e., from welcoming these brothers], and even kicks them out of the church [for trying to].