2 John (KJV)
1 chapter · 13 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of 2 John
Second John, a brief note, urges believers to walk in truth and love while guarding against deceivers. It warns the church not to extend hospitality that would aid false teaching.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle John ('the elder')
- First audience
- An 'elect lady' and her congregation
How to read it: Read this short letter with its concern for guarding the truth in view; balance its call to love with its caution against error.
It opens: “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;” (2 John 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in 2 John
The verses of 2 John that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.