2 John 1:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • 3 John 1:3-4 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–
  • Phil 4:10 : 10 Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? 20 For you are our glory and joy!
  • 1 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you! 7 So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God? 10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.
  • Mal 2:6 : 6 He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

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  • 3 John 1:1-5
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    1¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.

    2Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.

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

    4I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

  • 2 John 1:1-3
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    1¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth(and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),

    2because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

    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.

  • 2 John 1:5-9
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    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!

    8Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

    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.

  • 1 John 1:1-4
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    1¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life–

    2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

    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.

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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.

    14I 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.

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    11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

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    8Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

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    12Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

    13The children of your elect sister greet you.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.

    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.

  • 1 John 2:6-8
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    6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

    7Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard.

    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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    28Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

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    4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

  • Col 1:4
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    4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

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    18Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

    2For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

  • 2 Thess 1:2
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    2Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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    2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

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    4You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

  • 1 Tim 1:2-3
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    2to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

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  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

  • Phlm 1:3
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    3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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    2to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

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    24As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

  • 1 Cor 1:3
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    3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

  • Eph 6:23
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    23Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.