¹问安我这作长老的，写信给蒙拣选的夫人和她的儿女。你们是我在真理中所爱的；不单是我，凡认识真理的，

¹The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

²也因为真理的缘故爱你们。这真理在我们里面，也必与我们同在，直到永远。

²because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,

³愿恩惠、怜悯、平安，从父　神和他儿子耶稣基督在真理和爱中与我们同在。

³there shall be with you grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

⁴要按真理凭爱心行事我看见你的儿女中，有人照着我们从父领受的命令在真理中行事，我就非常欣慰。

⁴I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;

⁵夫人哪，我现在请求你，我们要彼此相爱。我写给你的，不是一条新命令，而是我们从起初就有的。

⁵and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

⁶我们要照着他的命令行事，这就是爱。你们从起初所听见的那命令，就是要你们凭着爱心行事。

⁶and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

⁷有许多欺骗人的已经在世上出现，他们否认耶稣基督是成了肉身来的；这就是那骗人的和敌基督的。

⁷because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

⁸你们要小心，不要拆毁我们已经完成的工作，却要得着美满的赏赐。

⁸See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

⁹凡越过基督的教训又不持守的，就没有　神；持守这教训的，就有父和子了。

⁹every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

¹⁰如果有人到你们那里，不传这教训，你们就不要接待他到家里，也不要问候他；

¹⁰if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!`

¹¹因为问候他的，就在他的恶事上有分了。

¹¹for he who is saying to him, `Hail,` hath fellowship with his evil works.

¹²问候的话我还有许多话要写给你们，可是我不想借用纸墨，只是盼望到你们那里当面谈谈，好让我们的喜乐充足。

¹²Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

¹³你那蒙拣选的姊妹的儿女都问候你。

¹³salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.