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2 John 1:4
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2 because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
3 aGrace, mercy, and peace will be with1 you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.  

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

4 I arejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.  
5 And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: athat we love one another.  
6 aThis is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that bas you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.  

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

7 For amany deceivers have gone out into the world bwho do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. cThis is a deceiver and an antichrist.  
8 aLook to yourselves, bthat we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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2 John 1:4

That I found of thy children walking in truth - I have already supposed this Christian matron to be mother of a family, probably a widow, for no mention is made of her husband; and that she was also a deaconess in the church, and one in those house the traveling evangelists preached, and there they were entertained. The children mentioned here may either be her own children, or those members of the Church which were under her care, or some of both. The apostle was glad to find, probably by an epistle sent from herself to him, or from the information of some of the itinerant evangelists, that the work of God was prospering in the place where she lived, and also in her own household. He does not say that all were walking in the truth, but , some of her children; there was a growing and spreading work, and there were many adversaries who strove to pervert them who had already believed, and perhaps were successful in drawing several away from their simplicity.


 
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