John's Second Letter

Don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

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	John's Second Letter

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{1:1} The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth; {1:2} for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever: {1:3} Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

{1:4} I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father. {1:5} Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. {1:6} This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. {1:7} For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist. {1:8} Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. {1:9} Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. {1:10} If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him, {1:11} for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.

{1:12} Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full. {1:13} The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

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Source: The World English Bible