Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.(A) This is the deceiver and the antichrist.(B) Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.(C) Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching(D) but goes beyond it does not have God.(E) The one who remains(F) in that teaching, this one has both the Father(G) and the Son.(H) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive(I) him into your home, and do not greet him; 11 for the one who greets him shares(J) in his evil works.(K)

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Reject false teachers

Many deceivers have gone into the world who do not confess that Jesus Christ came as a human being. This kind of person is the deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we’ve worked for but instead receive a full reward. Anyone who goes too far and does not continue in the teaching about Christ does not have God. Whoever continues in this teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 Whoever comes to you who does not affirm this teaching should neither be received nor welcomed into your home, 11 because welcoming people like that is the same thing as sharing in their evil actions.

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