It seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all things from their first rise, to write unto thee in order, most noble Theophilus,
2 John 1:1 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 The elder unto the elect Kuria and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but likewise all who know the truth, For the truth's sake, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 accurately traced all things from their first rise, to write unto thee in order, most noble Theophilus,
But when I saw, that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, If thou being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize?
To whom we did not yield by submission, no, not an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.)
O thoughtless Galatians, who hath bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you!
Ye did run well: who hath hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?
your love to all the saints) For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
Who willeth all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For when we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect (according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father) thro' sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and likewise a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed,
The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you, and Mark my son.
I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
My beloved children, let us love not in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
And now I beseech thee, Kuria, (not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we had from the beginning ) that we may love one another.