For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,
for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity.
2 John — The elder writes to ‘the elect lady and her children’ — thirteen verses of truth and love, with a warning not to welcome those who bring another doctrine.
Voices2
For the truth's sake--joined with "I love," 2Jo 1. "They who love in the truth, also love on account of the truth." dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever--in consonance with Christ's promise.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
For the truth's sake, which abideth in us - As a living principle of faith and holiness.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches12
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you.
For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;
4 more places the canon echoes this verse are mapped by book below ↓
The whole remaining floor, clustered by book in canonical order. The first references in each book travel with their words; the rest are one click from theirs.
2 Corinthians1
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.
Through
John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in…
Through
1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
leads to
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Through
1 John 2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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