Verse 1

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;

Referenced Verses

  • John 8:32 : 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
  • Gal 2:5 : 5 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
  • Heb 10:26 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
  • 2 John 1:5 : 5 Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
  • 2 John 1:13- : 13 The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen. 1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth. 5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers. 6 They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God, 7 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn't accept what we say. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly. 11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God. 12 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true. 13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen; 14 but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
  • 2 John 1:2-3 : 2 for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
  • Eph 1:4-5 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
  • Col 1:5 : 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,
  • 1 Thess 1:3-4 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. 4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; 14 to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 1:3 : 3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;