2 We love you because the truth is now in our hearts, and it will be there for ever.
3 I pray that God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will be kind and merciful to us! May they give us peace and truth and love.
4 I was very glad to learn that some of your children are obeying the truth, as the Father told us to do.
5 Dear friend, I am not writing to tell you and your children to do something you have not done before. I am writing to tell you to love each other, which is the first thing you were told to do.
6 Love means that we do what God tells us. And from the beginning, he told you to love him.
7 Many liars have gone out into the world. These deceitful liars are saying that Jesus Christ did not have a truly human body. But they are liars and the enemies of Christ.
8 So be sure not to lose what we have worked for. If you do, you won't be given your full reward.