2 John 1:1 · KJV
“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;”
— 2 John 1:1
2 John 1 — Context
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;
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. {be: Gr. shall be}
Cross References
1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 Peter 1:22-23
Seeing 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:
1 Peter 5:1
The 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:
2 John 1:13
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
2 John 1:5
And 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 John 2:21
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.