2 John 1:1
Good News Translation
From the Elder--To the dear Lady and to her children, whom I truly love. And I am not the only one, but all who know the truth love you,

New Revised Standard Version
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

Contemporary English Version
From the church leader. To a very special woman and her children. I truly love all of you, and so does everyone else who knows the truth.

New American Bible
The Presbyter to the chosen Lady and to her children whom I love in truth—and not only I but also all who know the truth—

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Ancient to the lady Elect and her children, whom I love in the truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Ancient to the lady Elect 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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elder.

1 Peter 5:1 The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

3 John 1:1 The Ancient, to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

the elect lady.

2 John 1:5,13 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. . . .

Luke 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Ephesians 1:4,5 As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity. . . .

1 Thessalonians 1:3,4 Being mindful of the work of your faith and labour and charity: and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 0 . . .

1 Peter 1:2 According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

whom.

2 John 1:2,3 For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever. . . .

1 Peter 1:22,23 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly: . . .

1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

3 John 1:1 The Ancient, to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

known.

John 8:32 And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.

Galatians 2:5,14 To whom we yielded not by subjection: no, not for an hour: that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. . . .

Galatians 3:1 O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth: before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth, crucified among you?

Galatians 5:7 You did run well. What hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?

Colossians 1:5 For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

2 Thessalonians 2:13 0

1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins:

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.

Context
Greeting from the Elder
1The Ancient to the lady Elect and her children, whom I love in the truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth, 2For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever.…
Cross References
John 8:32
And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.

Acts 11:30
Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Romans 16:13
Salute Rufus, elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Peter 5:1
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

1 Peter 5:13
The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you. And so doth my son, Mark.

1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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

2 John 1:5
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

2 John 1:13
The children of thy sister Elect salute thee.

3 John 1:1
The Ancient, to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

1 John 5:21
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