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2 John 1:1

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.

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And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

And this they did, sending it to the Officers of the Church by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

To that eminent Christian, Rufus, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me also;

But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the Truth of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, "If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?"

Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, that the Truth of the Good News might be yours always!

Foolish Galatians! Who has been fascinating you--you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was depicted upon the cross?

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the Truth?

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

whose will is that every one should be saved, and attain to a full knowledge of the Truth.

Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;

and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure.

As for the older men among you, who bear office in the Church, I, their fellow-Officer, and a witness to the sufferings of the Christ, who shall also share in the glory that is to be revealed--

Your sister-Church in 'Babylon' sends you greeting, and so does Mark, who is as a son to me.

You all know--But I am not writing to you because you do not know the Truth, but because you do know it, and because nothing false can come from the Truth.

My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.

The children of your eminent sister send you their greetings.

And now, I pray you, Lady--not as though I were writing a new command for you; no, it is the command which we had from the first--Let us love one another.

To his dear friend Gaius, whom he sincerely loves, From the Officer of the Church.




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