2 John 1:9
Whoever runs too far ahead, and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. He who abides in the teaching of Christ 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 man knows the Son, but the Father; nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who has sent him.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.
Acts 2:42And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayer.
Titus 2:10Not to pilfer, but showing entire and true fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore, leaving the elementary principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go 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 →