Parallel Verses
Amplified
The elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the elect (chosen)
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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;
Holman Bible
The Elder:
To the elect
International Standard Version
From:aThe Elder To: The chosen lady and her children, whom I genuinely love, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
A Conservative Version
The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who know the truth,
American Standard Version
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;
An Understandable Version
[This is being written by] the elder to the lady chosen [by God], and to her children [Note: The terms "lady" and "children" here refer to a congregation and the Christians who belong to it. See I Peter 5:13; II John 13], whom I love in the truth. [Note: Perhaps this phrase means "whom I truly love"]. And I am not the only one [to love you], but all those [other congregations] who know the truth [of God], also love you.
Anderson New Testament
THE elder to the elect lady, and to her children, whom I love in the truth: and not I only, but also all who know the truth;
Bible in Basic English
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
Common New Testament
The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth,
Daniel Mace New Testament
The PRESBYTER to the lady ECLECTA and her children, whom I sincerely love, and not only I, but all true christians,
Darby Translation
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
The elder, to Electa Cyria, and her children, whom I love sincerely; and not I only, but also all who have known the truth;
Godbey New Testament
The elder to the elect Cyria, and to her children, whom in truth I love with divine love; and not I, but also those having known the truth;
Goodspeed New Testament
The Elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I truly love??nd not only I but all who know the truth??2 because of the truth that stays in our hearts and will be with us forever;
John Wesley New Testament
The elder unto the elect Kuria and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but likewise all who know the truth, For the truth's sake,
Julia Smith Translation
The elder to the chosen mistress in truth; (and not I only, but also all and to her children, whom I love they having known the truth;)
King James 2000
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;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth--and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth--
Modern King James verseion
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth,
Moffatt New Testament
The presbyter, to the elect Lady and her children whom I love in the Truth (and not only I but all who know the Truth)
Montgomery New Testament
The Elder to the Elect Lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth.
NET Bible
From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),
New Heart English Bible
The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
Noyes New Testament
The elder to the elect Cyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all that know the truth,
Sawyer New Testament
THE elder to the elect Curia and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
THE presbyter to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all who have known the truth:
Twentieth Century New Testament
To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.
Webster
The elder to 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;
Weymouth New Testament
The Elder to the elect lady and her children. Truly I love you all, and not I alone, but also all who know the truth,
Williams New Testament
The Elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I truly love, and not only I but all who know the truth,
World English Bible
The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
Worrell New Testament
The elder to an elect lady and her children whom I love in truth??nd not I only, but also all who know the truth??2 for the truth's sake which abides in us, and will be with us forever:
Worsley New Testament
The elder unto the excellent Lady, and her children, whom I love in truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Youngs Literal Translation
The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,
Themes
Elder » In the Christian church
John » The apostle » Writes to the congregations » See the epistles of john
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 John 1:1
Prayers for 2 John 1:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cross References
John 8:32
1 Timothy 2:4
who
1 Peter 5:1
Therefore, I strongly urge the elders among you [pastors, spiritual leaders of the church], as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory that is to be revealed:
1 John 3:18
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
Galatians 2:5
But we did not yield to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would continue to remain with you [in its purity].
Hebrews 10:26
For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate],
2 John 1:5
Now I ask you, lady, not as if I were writing to you a new commandment, but [simply reminding you of] the one which we have had from the beginning, that we
2 John 1:13-15
The children of your elect (chosen) sister greet you.
Luke 1:3
it seemed fitting for
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not being straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas (Peter) in front of everyone, “If you, being a Jew, live [as you have been living] like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you are [now virtually] forcing the Gentiles to live like Jews [if they want to eat with you]?”
Galatians 3:1
O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?
Galatians 5:7
You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?
Ephesians 1:4-5
just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love
Colossians 1:5
because of the [confident] hope [of experiencing that] which is reserved and waiting for you in heaven. You previously heard of this hope in the message of truth, the gospel [regarding salvation]
1 Thessalonians 1:3-4
recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith, and your service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we should and are [morally] obligated [as debtors] always to give thanks to God for you, believers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through the
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God].
1 Peter 1:22-23
Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],
1 John 2:21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie [nothing false, no deception] is of the truth.
2 John 1:2-3
because of the truth which lives in our hearts and will be with us forever: