2 John
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Greeting
The Elder:[a]
To the elect(A) lady[b] and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth(B)— 2 because of the truth that remains in us(C) and will be with us forever.
3 Grace, mercy, and peace(D) will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son(E) of the Father, in truth and love.(F)
Truth and Deception
4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth,(G) in keeping with a command we have received from the Father. 5 So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.(H) 6 And this is love:(I) that we walk according to His commands.(J) This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.[c]
7 Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.[d](K) This is the deceiver and the antichrist.(L) 8 Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we[e] have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.(M) 9 Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching(N) but goes beyond it, does not have God.(O) The one who remains(P) in that teaching, this one has both the Father(Q) and the Son.(R) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive(S) him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him; 11 for the one who says, “Welcome,” to him shares(T) in his evil works.(U)
Farewell
12 Though I have many things to write to you,(V) I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face[f] so that our joy(W) may be complete.
13 The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
Footnotes
- 2 John 1:1 Or Presbyter
- 2 John 1:1 Or Kyria, a proper name; probably a literary figure for a local church known to John; the children would be its members.
- 2 John 1:6 Lit in it
- 2 John 1:7 Or confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh
- 2 John 1:8 Other mss read you
- 2 John 1:12 Lit mouth to mouth
约翰二书
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
問安
1 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, 2 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。 3 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
4 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。 5 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。 6 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。 7 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。 8 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。 9 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。
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