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Do Not Help False Teachers

From the Elder.[a]

To the chosen lady[b] and to her children:

I love all of you in the truth.[c] Also, all those who know the truth love you. We love you because of the truth—the truth that lives in us and will be with us forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Elder This is probably John the apostle. “Elder” means an older man. It can also mean a special leader in the church (as in Titus 1:5).
  2. 1 lady This might mean a woman. Or, in this letter, it might mean a church. If it is a church, then “her children” would be the people of the church.
  3. 1 truth The truth or “Good News” about Jesus Christ that joins all believers together.

The elder,(A)

To the lady chosen by God(B) and to her children, whom I love in the truth(C)—and not I only, but also all who know the truth(D) because of the truth,(E) which lives in us(F) and will be with us forever:

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