2 John 1:9
Whoever goeth beyond, and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the teaching, he hath both the Son and the Father.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which ye wrought, but receive a full reward.
Cross References
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knoweth the Son but the Father; nor doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it is the will of the Son to reveal him.
John 5:23that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father, who sent him.
John 14:6Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one cometh to the Father but through me.
Acts 2:42And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the imparting [[of their substance]], the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
Titus 2:10not contradicting, not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of God our Saviour in all things.
Hebrews 6:1Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the 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 →