2. We love you because of the truth—the truth that lives in us. That truth will be with us forever.
3. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from his Son, Jesus Christ, as we live in truth and love.
4. I was very happy to learn about some of your children. I am happy that they are following the way of truth, just as the Father commanded us.
5. And now, dear lady, I tell you: We should all love each other. This is not a new command. It is the same command we had from the beginning.
6. And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.
7. Many false teachers are in the world now. They refuse to say that Jesus Christ came to earth and became a man. Anyone who refuses to accept this fact is a false teacher and the enemy of Christ.
8. Be careful! Don’t lose the reward we have worked for. Be careful so that you will receive all of that reward.
9. Everyone must continue to follow only the teaching about Christ. Whoever changes that teaching does not have God. But whoever continues to follow the teaching about Christ has both the Father and his Son.