I, too, decided, as one having a grasp of everything from the start, to write a well-ordered account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
2 John 1:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth, Plus de 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, |
I, too, decided, as one having a grasp of everything from the start, to write a well-ordered account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and greet his mother—a mother to me also.
But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the gentiles to live like Jews?”
we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel
who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins
who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.
Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you
Your sister church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark.
I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth.
Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment but one we have had from the beginning: let us love one another.