He wryteth vnto a certayne lady, reioyseth that her chyldren walcke in the trueth, exhorteth them vnto lowe, warneth thē to beware of such dysceauers as denye that Iosus Chryste came in the flessh, prayeth them to contynue in the doctrine of Christ, and to haue nothing to do with them that brynge not thye lernynge.
❧: The Seconde Epystle of Sayncte Ihon. (Book 2 John)
THe elder to the electe [unspec A] lady and her chyldren, whome I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all y• hath knowē the trueth, for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs, and shall be in vs for euer. With vs shall be grace, mercye and peace from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father, in trueth & loue. I reioysed greatly, that I founde of thy chyldren walkynge in trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of [unspec B] the father. And nowe beseche I the lady, not as though I wrote a newe cōmaundement vnto the, but that same whiche we haue had from the begynnynge, that we shulde * 1.1 loue one another. And thys is the loue, that we shulde walke after hys commaundement. This commaundement is (that as ye haue hearde from the beginning) ye shuld walke in it. For many deceauers are entred into the worlde, whiche confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flessh. This is a decea∣uer and an Antichrist. Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a ful rewarde. Who∣soeuer [unspec C] transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctryne of Chryste, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctryne of Chryste, hathe both the father and the sonne. If there come any vnto you, and bryng not this learnyng, hym receaue not to house: neyther byd hym God spede. For he that byddeth hym God spede, is partaker of h{is} euyldedes {fleur-de-lys} (Beholde I haue tolde you before, that ye shulde not be ashamed in the day of the lorde.) I had many thynges to wryte vnto you, neuerthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and inke. but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth. that oure ioye may be ful. The sonnes of thy electe sister grete the.