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2 John 1:1–2

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THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
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  1. 1 Timothy 2:4Rank 1 from verse 1
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    4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

  2. 1 John 3:18Rank 2 from verse 1
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    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

  3. John 8:32Rank 3 from verse 1
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    32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  4. 1 Peter 1:22–23Rank 4 from verse 1
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  5. 1 Peter 5:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

  6. 2 John 1:13–15Rank 6 from verse 1
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    13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

  7. 2 John 1:5Rank 7 from verse 1
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    5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

  8. 1 John 2:21Rank 8 from verse 1
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    21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  9. 2 John 1:2–3Rank 9 from verse 1
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    2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

    3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

  10. Hebrews 10:26Rank 10 from verse 1
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    26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

  11. 1 Peter 1:2Rank 11 from verse 1
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    2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

  12. 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14Rank 12 from verse 1
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    13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  13. Colossians 1:5Rank 13 from verse 1
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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

  14. Galatians 2:5Rank 14 from verse 1
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    5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

  15. Galatians 3:1Rank 15 from verse 1
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    1O FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

  16. Galatians 5:7Rank 16 from verse 1
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    7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

  17. 1 Thessalonians 1:3–4Rank 17 from verse 1
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    3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

    4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

  18. Ephesians 1:4–5Rank 18 from verse 1
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    4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

    5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

  19. Galatians 2:14Rank 19 from verse 1
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    14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

  20. Luke 1:3Rank 20 from verse 1
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    3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

From verse 2

  1. 1 John 1:8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  2. 1 John 2:14Rank 2 from verse 2
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    14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

  3. 1 John 2:17Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  4. 1 Peter 1:23–25Rank 4 from verse 2
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    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

    24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

    25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  5. 2 Peter 1:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

  6. Colossians 3:16Rank 6 from verse 2
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    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  7. John 15:7Rank 7 from verse 2
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  8. 2 Timothy 1:5Rank 8 from verse 2
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    5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

  9. 1 Corinthians 9:23Rank 9 from verse 2
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    23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

  10. 2 Corinthians 4:5Rank 10 from verse 2
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    5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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2 John 1:1

COMBINED MEANING

elect

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Sense 1: Chosen or selected. Sense 2: As a noun, one or more who are chosen.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 John 1:2

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:1THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

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1:2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

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1:3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

1:6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

1:10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

1:11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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