2 John 1:9
Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, this one has both the Father and the Son.
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Matthew 11:27All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone fully know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
John 5:23so that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. 1 The Testimony of the Father to the Son
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Acts 2:42And they were continuing in the teaching of the apostles, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 1 Life Among the Believers
Titus 2:10not embezzling, but showing good faith, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore, leaving the subject of the beginning of Christ, let us be moved to perfection, not again laying down 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 →