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Greeting the Elect Lady

¹The Elder,
To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known ⚓the truth, ²because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
³⚓Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

⁴I ⚓rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: ⚓that we love one another. ⁶⚓This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that ⚓as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

⁷For ⚓many deceivers have gone out into the world ⚓who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. ⚓This is a deceiver and an antichrist. ⁸⚓Look to yourselves, ⚓that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
⁹⚓Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If anyone comes to you and ⚓does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; ¹¹for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

John’s Farewell Greeting

¹²⚓Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, ⚓that our joy may be full.
¹³⚓The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

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¹Yie, jiu-baang nyei ⟨mienh gox,⟩ fiev fienx bun Tin-Hungh ginv daaih nyei domh dorc caux ninh nyei fu'jueiv. Yie za'gengh hnamv meih mbuo. Maiv daan yie hnamv hnangv. Yietc zungv hiuv zien leiz nyei mienh yaac hnamv meih mbuo, ²weic zuqc maaih zien leiz yiem mbuo nyei hnyouv yaac oix yietc liuz caux mbuo yiem.
³Tov Zaangc Diex Tin-Hungh caux ninh nyei Dorn, Yesu Giduc, korv-lienh mbuo, ceix en ceix baengh orn bun mbuo yietc zungv hiuv duqv zien leiz, laanh yaac hnamv laanh.

Oix Zuqc Ei Jienv Giduc Njaaux Nyei Waac

⁴Yie za'gengh a'hneiv haic buatc maaih deix meih nyei fu'jueiv ei jienv Zaangc Diex bun mbuo nyei lingc gan longx zien leiz. ⁵Domh dorc aah! Ih zanc yie kuinx meih mbuo oix zuqc laanh hnamv laanh.⚓ Naaiv maiv zeiz yie fiev siang-lingc bun meih mbuo. Naaiv diuh lingc yiem gorn mbuo m'daaih maaih jienv daaih aqv. ⁶Hnamv Tin-Hungh caux hnamv mienh se hnangv naaiv. Mbuo oix zuqc ei jienv Tin-Hungh nyei lingc. Yiem gorn wuov zanc meih mbuo haiz jiex ninh nyei lingc se oix zuqc hnamv Tin-Hungh. Laanh yaac oix zuqc hnamv laanh.
⁷Maaih nduov mienh nyei mienh camv nyei cuotv mingh youh lungh ndiev. Ninh mbuo maiv nyiemc Yesu Giduc njiec daaih benx dauh baamh mienh. Naaiv nyungc mienh se kungx nduov mienh hnangv yaac zoux Giduc nyei win-wangv. ⁸Meih mbuo oix zuqc faix fim, maiv dungx bun meih mbuo⚓ zoux jiex nyei gong ndortv, mv baac duqv zipv zingh nyeic buangv.
⁹Haaix dauh guai mbiangx-nziaaux, maiv ei jienv Giduc njaaux nyei waac, wuov dauh maiv maaih Tin-Hungh. Mv baac haaix dauh ei jienv Giduc njaaux nyei waac, ninh maaih Zaangc Diex yaac maaih Zaangc Diex nyei Dorn. ¹⁰Se gorngv haaix dauh daaih yaac maiv zunh naaiv deix njaaux nyei waac, maiv dungx zipv ninh bieqc biauv. Liemh maiv dungx caux ninh gorngv haaix nyungc wuic buangh waac. ¹¹Se gorngv haaix dauh caux ninh gorngv wuic buangh waac, wuov dauh caux ninh dongh hnyouv zoux orqv sic.

Setv Mueiz Waac

¹²Yie corc maaih camv nyei yie oix mbuox meih mbuo mv baac maiv oix longc zeiv longc matc fiev. Yie ganh oix mingh caux meih mbuo doix hmien gorngv weic bun mbuo lomh nzoih njien-youh taux daauh.
¹³Meih nyei nziez, dongh Tin-Hungh ginv daaih wuov dauh nyei fu'jueiv,⚓ yaac jangx taux meih.