2 John 1:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
  • 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
  • John 15:7 : 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
  • 1 Cor 9:23 : 23 I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.
  • 1 Pet 1:23-25 : 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 Salvation Based on the Word of God Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

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    3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

    5Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.

    6(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.

    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

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    3For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

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    20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

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    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

    4Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

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    12Salvation Based on the Word of God Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

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    24And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

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    8On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

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    2in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.

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    17Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

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    16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

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    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

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    17And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

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    24Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

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    18But as God is faithful, our message to you is not“Yes” and“No.”

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    13I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

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    32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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    14Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.