2 John 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

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  • 1 John 2:26 : 26 I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
  • 1 John 4:1-3 : 1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it. 2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name. 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • 1 John 2:18-22 : 18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us. 20 And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge. 21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true. 22 Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

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  • 2 John 1:8-10
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    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

    10 If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

  • 1 John 4:1-4
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    1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

    2 By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

    3 And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

    4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

  • 1 John 2:21-22
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    21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

    22 Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

  • 1 John 2:18-19
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    18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

    19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.

  • 2 John 1:5-6
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    5 And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

    6 And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.

  • 1 John 3:7-8
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    7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • Gal 1:7
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    7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:3
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    3 Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

  • 1 John 2:14-16
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    14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

  • 1 John 2:26
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    26 I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 1 John 1:1-3
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    1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 5:19-21
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    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

    21 My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

  • 1 John 2:24
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    24 But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:6-8
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    6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

    7 My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

    8 Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:9-10
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    9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

    10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

  • Titus 1:10
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    10 For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 1 John 5:6
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    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

  • 1 John 2:4
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    4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

  • Mark 13:6
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    6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.