Show You Care; Reach Out And Show Hospitality To Your Neighbor

3 John 1:5-6

5Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, a even though they are strangers to you. 6They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.

Reach Out Personally To Those God Has In Your Life Now And In the Past

3 John 1:1-4

1The elder,

To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

2Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. 4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Stand Firm In God’s Truth, Walk Out In Obedience Of Christ’s Love

2 John 1:11-13

11Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.

12I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

13The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings.

Stick To The Truth, But To Do That You Need To Know The Truth

2 John 1:7-10

7I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8Watch out that you do not lose what we a have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.

Stick To The Truth, But Do That You Need To Know It

2 John 1:7-10

7I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.

Put Love In Practice By Walking In Obedience To His New Command! Love One Another

2 John 1:5-6

5And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

Live Out Truth And Love As Christ Did, Not As The World Does

2 John 1:1-4

1The elder,

To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— 2because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:

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

4It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

Who Is Jesus Christ To You?

1 John 5:20-21

20We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

You Are Either With Jesus And Obey Him Or You're Under Satan’s Control. No Middle Ground.

1 John 5:18-19

18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

Linger Longer, Pause And Ponder, Meditate More Than A Minute: That’s When You Will Understand Better

1 John 5:15

15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.