[2John 1]
1:1 The elder unto the elect ¹lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

¹Or, Cyria, And in vs. 5.

1:2 for the truth’s sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us ²for ever:

²Gk. unto the age:

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

³So BAψ 0232 1739 1852 1243 322 048 cop^sa (vg). 2344 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., (cop^bo) arm read from the Lord Jesus Christ, ℵ* 1881 read the Lord Jesus Christ,

1:4 I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though a new commandment wrote I to thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
1:6 And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
1:7 For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
1:8 Look to yourselves, that ⁴ye ⁵lose not the things which ⁶we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

⁴ye ... ye So BA(ℵ)ψ 0232^vid 1739 1852 1881 1241 (1243) 2344 (33) 322 and 73 lesser Gk. mss., cop vg arm. 403 lesser Gk. mss. read we ... we
⁵Or, destroy
⁶So B and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. But Aℵψ 0232^vid 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 2344 33 322 cop^bo vg arm read ye have wrought,

1:9 Whosoever ⁷goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching,⁸ the same hath both the Father and the Son.

⁷Or, goeth ahead or, taketh the lead (Cf. 3Jo 9.) So BAℵ 0232 048 alone, cop vg. But ψ 1739 1852 1881 1241 1243 33 322 and 489 lesser Gk. mss. read transgresseth
⁸2298 1735 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo add of Christ

1:10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and ⁹give him no greeting:

⁹Or possibly, give him no greeting to take along as an introduction to others: Compare Ac 15:23. Lit. Do not ye tell him to rejoice.

1:11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.
1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but ¹⁰I hope to be with you, and to speak face to face, that ¹¹your joy may be made full.

¹⁰So BAℵψ (1739) 1852 1881 1243 2344 33 322 vg. A majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa read I hope to come unto you,
¹¹So BA 1739 1881 1243 2344 33 322 cop^bo vg. But ℵψ 1852 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm read our joy cop^sa alone reads my joy

1:13 The children of thine elect sister salute thee.¹²

¹²So BAℵψ 1739 1881 1243 2344 33 322 cop^sa,bo vg. 1852 and 451 lesser Gk. mss., arm add Amen.