T he 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 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 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.
7 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.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 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.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
1 Ɔpanin no, de kɔma ɔbaa a wɔapaw no no, ne ne mma, wɔn a medɔ wɔn nokorɛ mu; na ɛnyɛ me nko, na mmom wɔn a wɔahu nokorɛ no nyinaa nso; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Nokorɛ no enti, deɛ ɛte yɛn mu, na ɛbɛka yɛn ho daa daa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Adom, mmɔborɔhunu, ne asomdwoeɛ, nka mo, a efiri Agya Onyankopɔn, ne Awurade Yesu Kristo, Agya no Ba, nkyɛn, wɔ nokorɛ ne ɔdɔ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 M'ani gyee kɛseɛ sɛ mihunuu wo mma bi a wɔnam nokorɛ mu, sɛnea yɛanya ahyɛdeɛ firii Agya no hɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Na seesei, ɔbaa, mesrɛ wo, ɛnyɛ sɛ metwerɛ ahyɛdeɛ foforɔ bi rekɔma wo, na mmom deɛ yɛnyaa firi mfitiaseɛ no, sɛ yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Na eyi ne ɔdɔ no, sɛ yɛnam n'ahyɛdeɛ akyi. Eyi ne ahyɛdeɛ no, sɛ, sɛnea mote firi mfitiaseɛ no, sɛ monam mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Efisɛ nnaadaafoɔ pii akɔ ewiase mu, wɔn a wɔmpae mu nka sɛ Yesu Kristo aba honam mu no. Eyi ne ɔnnaadaafoɔ ne Kristo ɔtamfoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Monhwɛ mo ho so, sɛnea yɛrenhwere nneɛma a yɛayɛ no, na mmom yɛbɛnya akatua a ɛhyɛ ma. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Obiara a ɔto mmara, na ɔnka Kristo nkyerɛkyerɛ no ho no, Onyankopɔn nni ne mu. Deɛ ɔka Kristo nkyerɛkyerɛ no ho no, Agya no ne Ba no nyinaa ka ne ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Sɛ obi ba mo nkyɛn, na ɔmfa saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi mma, monnnye no mma mo fie, na monnnkyea no: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Efisɛ deɛ ɔkyea no no, ɔyɛ ne nneyɛeɛ bɔne mu kyɛfani. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Mewɔ nneɛma pii a mɛtwerɛ akɔma mo, na anka memfa krataa ne adubirie ntwerɛ: na mmom m'ani da so sɛ mɛba mo nkyɛn, na me ne mo akasa anim ne anim, sɛnea yɛn anigyeɛ bɛhyɛ ma. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Wo nuabea a wɔapaw no no mma kyea wo. Amen. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn