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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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1Kuv uas yog ib tug Txwjlaug, kuv sau tsab ntawv no xa tuaj rau tus Pojniam uas raug xaiv lawm thiab nws cov menyuam uas kuv hlub. Tsis yog kuv ib leeg thiaj hlub koj xwb, tiamsis peb txhua tus uas paub qhov tseeb puavleej hlub koj,
2rau qhov peb twb khaws Vajtswv txojlus uas yog qhov tseeb ntawd rau hauv peb lub siab lawm, txojlus ntawd yuav nyob hauv peb lub siab mus ibtxhis.
3Thov Vajtswv tus uas yog peb Leej Txiv thiab Yexus Khetos tus uas yog Leej Txiv tus Tub pub txoj hlub, kev hmov tshua thiab kev thajyeeb rau peb; thov kom tej ntawd yog peb li los ntawm qhov tseeb thiab txojkev hlub.
Qhov Tseeb thiab Txojkev Hlub
4Thaum kuv pom koj cov menyuam qee leej ua lawv lub neej raws li qhov tseeb uas Leej Txiv qhia rau peb lawm, kuv zoo siab kawg li.
5Yog li ntawd, kuv thov ntuas koj hais tias peb ib leeg yuav tsum hlub ib leeg. Tej lus uas kuv sau rau koj no tsis yog tej lus tshiab, tiamsis kuv sau tej uas peb ibtxwm muaj thaum chivthawj los lawm xwb.
6Txojkev hlub uas kuv hais no lub ntsiab hais tias kom peb yuav tsum ua peb lub neej raws li Vajtswv hais. Tej lus uas Vajtswv hais, nej twb hnov thaum chivthawj los lawm, nws hais tias nej txhua yuav tsum niaj hnub sib hlub.
7Muaj ntau leej mus txhua nrho qhov txhia chaw hauv ntiajteb no dag ntxias sawvdaws; cov neeg ntawd yog cov uas tsis lees hais tias Yexus Khetos los yug ua neeg. Tus uas zoo li ntawd, nws yog neeg dag ntxias thiab nws yog Yexus Khetos tus yeebncuab.
8Yog li ntawd, nej yuav tsum ceevfaj tej haujlwm uas nej tau ua los lawm thiaj yuav tsis nkim nej lub zog, tiamsis nej yuav tau nej tej nqi zog tagnrho huv tibsi.
9Tus uas qhia tshaj tej lus uas Yexus Khetos qhia, tus ntawd yeej tsis paub Vajtswv. Tus uas qhia raws li Yexus Khetos tej lus, tus ntawd yeej muaj Leej Txiv thiab Leej Tub.
10Yog leejtwg tuaj xyuas nej thiab nws tsis qhia raws li Yexus Khetos tej lus, nej tsis txhob hu tus ntawd los hauv nej tsev thiab tsis txhob hais rau nws hais tias, “Thov kom koj tau zoo nyob kaj siab lug.”
11Yog nej hais li ntawd rau nws kuj ib yam li nej nrog tus ntawd ua txhaum.
Cov Lus Xaus
12Muaj ntau zaj uas kuv xav qhia rau nej, tiamsis kuv tsis xav sau txhua zaj huv tibsi rau hauv ntawv xav tuaj rau nej; kuv cia siab hais tias nyaj kuv yuav tau tuaj xyuas nej thiab nrog nej tham tim ntsej tim muag, yog muaj li ntawd peb yuav zoo siab heev.
13Koj tus Vivncaus uas koj hlub cov menyuam hais noj qab nyob zoo tuaj rau koj thiab.