,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,second ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4     
,,john ,,the ,,apostle    ,the ,apostle 
commends ,electa and her family for     
their steadfastness in  the true faith  
and exhorts them to persevere1 lest they
 lose the reward  of their labours4 ,he 

exhorts them to love one another4 ,but  
with heretics  to have no society1 even 
not to salute them4 ,although this      
,epistle is  written to a particular    
person1 yet its instructions may serve  
as a  lesson to others1 especially to   
those who1 from their connections1      
situation1 or condition in life1 are in 
danger of perversion4      #b ,john     
,chapter #a    ,he recommends walking in
 truth1 loving one another and to beware
 of  false teachers4    #a3a4 ,the      
,ancient to the lady ,elect and her     
children1 whom ,i love in the  truth3   
and not ,i only1 but also all they that 
have known the truth1    ,the ancient444
 ,that is1 the ancient bishop ,st4      
,john1 being the only one  of the twelve
 apostles then living4 ,to the lady     
,elect444  ,some  conjecture that       
,electa might be the name of a family1  
or of a particular  church2 but the     
general opinion is1 that it is the      
proper name of a  lady1 so eminent for  
her piety and great charity1 as to merit

 this  ,epistle from ,st4 ,john4        
#a3b4 ,for the sake of the truth which  
dwelleth in us and shall be with us  for
 ever4    #a3c4 ,grace be with you1     
mercy and peace from ,god the ,father   
and from  ,christ ,jesus the ,son of the
 ,father3 in truth and charity4    #a3d4
 ,i was exceeding glad that ,i found of 
thy children walking in truth1  as we   
have received a commandment from the    
,father4    #a3e4 ,and now ,i beseech   
thee1 lady1 not as writing a new        
commandment to  thee1 but that which we 
have had from the beginning1 that we    
love one  another4    #a3f4 ,and this is
 charity3 ,that we walk according to his
 commandments4  ,for this is the        
commandment that1 as you have heard from
 the beginning1  you should walk in the 
same3    #a3g4 ,for many seducers are   
gone out into the world who confess not 
that  ,jesus ,christ is come in the     
flesh4 ,this is a seducer and an        
antichrist4    #a3h4 ,look to           
yourselves1 that you lose not the things

 which you have  wrought3 but that you  
may receive a full reward4    #a3i4     
,whosoever revolteth and continueth not 
in the doctrine of ,christ  hath not    
,god4 ,he that continueth in the        
doctrine1 the same hath both the        
,father and the ,son4    #a3aj4 ,if any 
man come to you and bring not this      
doctrine1 receive him  not into the     
house nor say to him3 ,god speed you4   
,nor say to him1 ,god speed you444 ,this
 admonition is in general1 to  forewarn 
the faithful of the dangers which may   
arise from a familiarity  with those who
 have prevaricated and gone from the    
true faith1 and with  such as teach     
false doctrine4 ,but this is not        
forbidding a charity for  all men1 by   
which we ought to wish and pray for the 
eternal salvation of  every one1 even of
 our enemies4    #a3aa4 ,for he that    
saith unto him3 ,god speed you1         
communicateth with his  wicked works4   
#a3ab4 ,having more things to write unto
 you1 ,i would not by paper and  ink3   

for ,i hope that ,i shall be with you   
and speak face to face1 that  your joy  
may be full4    #a3ac4 ,the children of 
thy sister ,elect salute thee4