The Elder:

To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth—

So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it, does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him;