2 John 1:9
Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Watch yourselves, so that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive a full reward.
Cross References
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.
John 5:23so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.
Acts 2:42And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
Titus 2:10not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:8-10
Deceivers Condemned. ( a. d. 90.) 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. In this principal part of the epistle we find, I. The ill news… Read the whole commentary →