It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
2 John 1:1 - 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, 更多版本King 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, English Standard Version 2016 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, |
It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto 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 the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth, crucified among you?
For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,
For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:
The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you: and so doth my son Mark.
I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.