¹The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

¹Starší vyvolenej panej i jej deťom, ktorých ja milujem v pravde a nie len ja sám, ale aj všetci, ktorí poznali pravdu,

²for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

²pre pravdu, ktorá zostáva v nás, a bude s nami na veky.

³Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

³Nech je s vami milosť, milosrdenstvo a pokoj od Boha Otca a od Pána Ježiša Krista, Syna Otcovho, v pravde a láske.

⁴I rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

⁴Veľmi som sa zaradoval, že som našiel z tvojich detí takých, ktorí chodia v pravde, tak ako sme dostali prikázanie od Otca.

⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

⁵A teraz ťa prosím, pani, nie ako čo by som ti písal nové prikázanie, ale to, ktoré sme mali od počiatku: aby sme milovali jedni druhých.

⁶And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

⁶A toto je tá láska, aby sme chodili podľa jeho prikázaní. To je to prikázanie, ako ste počuli od počiatku, aby ste v nej chodili.

⁷For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

⁷Lebo mnohí bludári vyšli do sveta, ktorí nevyznávajú Ježiša Krista, prišlého v tele. To je ten bludár a antikrist.

⁸Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

⁸Majte na seba pozor, aby sme neztratili toho, čoho sme sa doteraz dopracovali, ale aby sme dostali plnú mzdu.

⁹Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

⁹Každý, kto ide ďalej a nezostáva v učení Kristovom, nemá Boha. Kto zostáva v učení Kristovom, ten má Otca i Syna.

¹⁰If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:

¹⁰Ak ide niekto k vám a nenesie toho učenia, neprijímajte ho do domu ani ho nepozdravujte.

¹¹for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

¹¹Lebo ten, kto ho pozdravuje, účastní sa jeho zlých skutkov.

¹²Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

¹²Hoci vám mám mnoho čo písať, nechcel som papierom a černidlom, ale sa nadejem, že prijdem k vám a budem hovoriť ústa k ústam, aby bola naša radosť naplnená.

¹³The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

¹³Pozdravujú ťa deti tvojej vyvolenej sestry. Ameň.