[1:4] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
[1:5] And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
[1:6] And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
[1:7] For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
[1:8] Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
[1:9] Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
[1:10] If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,
[1:11] for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.