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2 John 1:1

First Nations Version

From He Shows Goodwill (John), the elder. To the honored woman and her children who have been chosen by the Great Spirit. You are all truly loved, not only by myself but by all who know the truth.

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My much-loved children, our love must not be empty words on our tongues but deeds done in truth.


Our Creator longs to set all people free and guide them into the full understanding of the truth.


Then you will see and understand the truth that sets all people free.”


I now call on you, honored woman, to make sure that we love each other. This is not a new instruction I am writing to you, but the same one we were given from the first.


Knowing the times we live in, I speak with strong words to the elders among you who serve as spiritual leaders. I am a fellow elder who saw the sufferings of the Chosen One with my own eyes and who will share in the beauty of his shining-greatness that will be revealed.


The children of your honored sister who have been chosen by the Great Spirit send their greetings to you. Aho! May it be so!


I write this to you not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.


Our Father the Great Spirit knew long ago that he would take you into his family. By his Spirit he is making you holy so you will obey Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One and be sprinkled with his lifeblood. May the gift of his great kindness and peace overflow to you.


For if we keep stubbornly walking in broken ways after the truth has been made clear to us, then no further sacrifice can be made for our broken ways.


You were walking in a good way. Who talked you out of following the path of truth?


O you foolish ones who live in Land of Pale Skinned People (Galatia)! Did someone put a spell on you? Was it not clearly shown to you that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One was put to death on a tree-pole—the cross?


When I saw that they were not walking true to the meaning of the good story, I said to Stands on the Rock (Cephas-Peter) in front of everyone there, “You, who are a Tribal Member, have been living in the same manner as the people from the Outside Nations. So how is it that you would force them to follow the traditions of our Tribal Members?


But we stood firm and gave them no ground, even for a moment, so that the truth of Creator’s good story would be preserved for you.


This love and trust come from the hope you have in Creator’s promises kept safe for you in the spirit-world above. It is the same hope you heard about when you were told the words of truth found in Creator’s good story.


Son of Comfort (Barnabas) and Man Who Questions (Saul) hand-carried the gifts to the elders.


Greet Red Man (Rufus), one who stands tall for our Honored Chief, and his mother, who has also been a mother to me.


The sacred family who gathers in Village of Confusion (Babylon) and who were chosen in the same way you were sends greetings to you. Also War Club (Mark), who is a son to me, sends his greetings.


From He Shows Goodwill (John), the elder. To my much-loved spiritual brother Glad Heart (Gaius), whom I truly love.





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