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問安

我這作長老的,寫信給蒙揀選的夫人和她的兒女。你們是我在真理中所愛的;不單是我,凡認識真理的, 也因為真理的緣故愛你們。這真理在我們裡面,也必與我們同在,直到永遠。 願恩惠、憐憫、平安,從父 神和他兒子耶穌基督在真理和愛中與我們同在。

要按真理憑愛心行事

我看見你的兒女中,有人照著我們從父領受的命令在真理中行事,我就非常欣慰。 夫人哪,我現在請求你,我們要彼此相愛。我寫給你的,不是一條新命令,而是我們從起初就有的。 我們要照著他的命令行事,這就是愛。你們從起初所聽見的那命令,就是要你們憑著愛心行事。 有許多欺騙人的已經在世上出現,他們否認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的;這就是那騙人的和敵基督的。 你們要小心,不要拆毀我們已經完成的工作,卻要得著美滿的賞賜。 凡越過基督的教訓又不持守的,就沒有 神;持守這教訓的,就有父和子了。 10 如果有人到你們那裡,不傳這教訓,你們就不要接待他到家裡,也不要問候他; 11 因為問候他的,就在他的惡事上有分了。

問候的話

12 我還有許多話要寫給你們,可是我不想借用紙墨,只是盼望到你們那裡當面談談,好讓我們的喜樂充足。 13 你那蒙揀選的姊妹的兒女都問候你。

Ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐγνωκότες τὴν ἀλήθειαν, διὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τὴν μένουσαν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἔσται μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν χάρις ἔλεος εἰρήνη παρὰ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ παρὰ Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἀγάπῃ.

Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός. καὶ νῦν ἐρωτῶ σε, κυρία, οὐχ ὡς ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφων σοι, ἀλλὰ ἣν εἴχομεν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους. καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη ἵνα περιπατῶμεν κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ. αὕτη ἡ ἐντολή ἐστιν καθὼς ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῇ περιπατῆτε· ὅτι πολλοὶ πλάνοι ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες Ἰησοῦν χριστὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πλάνος καὶ ὁ ἀντίχριστος. βλέπετε ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσητε ἃ [a]εἰργάσασθε, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπολάβητε. πᾶς [b]ὁ προάγων καὶ μὴ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ χριστοῦ θεὸν οὐκ ἔχει· ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ, οὗτος καὶ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει. 10 εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ταύτην τὴν διδαχὴν οὐ φέρει, μὴ λαμβάνετε αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν, καὶ χαίρειν αὐτῷ μὴ λέγετε· 11 ὁ λέγων γὰρ αὐτῷ χαίρειν, κοινωνεῖ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς πονηροῖς.

12 Πολλὰ ἔχων ὑμῖν γράφειν οὐκ ἐβουλήθην διὰ χάρτου καὶ μέλανος· ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω [c]γενέσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλῆσαι ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ [d]ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη. 13 ἀσπάζεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς.

ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β

Footnotes

  1. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β 1:8 εἰργάσασθε א A Ψ 048(vid) 0232(ειργ̣α̣σ̣α̣σ̣θ̣α̣ι); ειργασαμεθα B(ηργ- for ειργ-) K L P 69 1424
  2. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β 1:9 ὁ προάγων א A B 048(vid ο π]ρ̣ο̣α̣[γ ) 0232; ο παραβαινων K L P Ψ 69 1424
  3. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β 1:12 γενέσθαι א A B Ψ; ελθειν K L P 69 1424
  4. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β 1:12 ἡμῶν א K L P Ψ 69 1424; ♦ υμων A B

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;

For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.