约翰二书
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第一章

问安
1 我这作长老的，写信给蒙拣选的夫人和她的儿女。你们是我在真理中所爱的；不单是我，凡认识真理的，
2 也因为真理的缘故爱你们。这真理在我们里面，也必与我们同在，直到永远。
3 愿恩惠、怜悯、平安，从父　神和他儿子耶稣基督在真理和爱中与我们同在。

要按真理凭爱心行事
4 我看见你的儿女中，有人照着我们从父领受的命令在真理中行事，我就非常欣慰。
5 夫人哪，我现在请求你，我们要彼此相爱。我写给你的，不是一条新命令，而是我们从起初就有的。
6 我们要照着他的命令行事，这就是爱。你们从起初所听见的那命令，就是要你们凭着爱心行事。
7 有许多欺骗人的已经在世上出现，他们否认耶稣基督是成了肉身来的；这就是那骗人的和敌基督的。
8 你们要小心，不要拆毁我们已经完成的工作，却要得着美满的赏赐。
9 凡越过基督的教训又不持守的，就没有　神；持守这教训的，就有父和子了。
10 如果有人到你们那里，不传这教训，你们就不要接待他到家里，也不要问候他；
11 因为问候他的，就在他的恶事上有分了。

问候的话
12 我还有许多话要写给你们，可是我不想借用纸墨，只是盼望到你们那里当面谈谈，好让我们的喜乐充足。
13 你那蒙拣选的姊妹的儿女都问候你。

1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth--and not I only, but also all who know the truth--
2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:
3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love.
4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
13 The children of your chosen sister send their greetings.