2 John 1:9
every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;
Cross References
Matthew 11:27'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].
John 5:23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
John 14:6Jesus saith to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
Acts 2:42and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.
Titus 2:10not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.
Hebrews 6:1Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on 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 →