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The elderG4245 to the electG1588 ladyG2959 and her children,G5043 whomG3739 I loveG25 in the truth;G225 and not I only,G3441 but alsoG2532 allG3956 they that haveG2192 knownG1097 the truth;G225
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For the truth'sG225 sake, whichG3588 dwellsG3306 in us, and shall be with us for ever.G165
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GraceG5485 be with you, mercy,G1656 and peace,G1515 from GodG2316 the Father,G3962 and from the LordG2962 JesusG2424 Christ,G5547 the SonG5207 of the Father,G3962 in truthG225 and love.G26
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I rejoicedG5463 greatlyG3029 that I foundG2147 of your childrenG5043 walkingG4043 in truth,G225 as we haveG2192 receivedG2983 a commandmentG1785 from the Father.G3962
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And nowG3568 I beseechG2065 you, lady,G2959 not as though I wroteG1125 a newG2537 commandmentG1785 to you, but that whichG3739 we hadG2192 from the beginning,G746 that we loveG25 oneG240 another.G240
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And thisG3778 is love,G26 that we walkG4043 afterG2596 his commandments.G1785 ThisG3778 is the commandment,G1785 That, as you have heardG191 from the beginning,G746 you should walkG4043 in it.
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For manyG4183 deceiversG4108 are enteredG1525 intoG1519 the world,G2889 whoG3588 confessG3670 not that JesusG2424 ChristG5547 is comeG2064 in the flesh.G4561 ThisG3778 is a deceiverG4108 and an antichrist.G500
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LookG991 to yourselves,G1438 that we loseG622 not those things whichG3739 we have worked,G2038 but that we receiveG618 a fullG4134 reward.G3408
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WhoeverG3956 G3588 transgresses,G3845 and staysG3306 not in the doctrineG1322 of Christ,G5547 hasG2192 not God.G2316 He that staysG3306 in the doctrineG1322 of Christ,G5547 he hasG2192 bothG2532 the FatherG3962 and the Son.G5207
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IfG1487 there comeG2064 anyG5100 to you, and bringG5342 not thisG5026 doctrine,G1322 receiveG2983 him not intoG1519 your house,G3614 neitherG3366 bidG3004 him God speed:G5463
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For he that bidsG3004 him God speedG5463 is partakerG2841 of his evilG4190 deeds.G2041
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HavingG2192 manyG4183 things to writeG1125 to you, I wouldG1014 not write with paperG5489 and ink:G3188 but I trustG1679 to comeG2064 to you, and speakG2980 faceG4750 to face,G4750 that our joyG5479 may be full.G4137
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The childrenG5043 of your electG1588 sisterG79 greetG782 you. Amen.G281
