1:1
    [kjv]  The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
    [bbe]  I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
1:2  
    [kjv]  For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
    [bbe]  Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:
1:3
    [kjv]  Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
    [bbe]  May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.
1:4 
    [kjv]  I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
    [bbe]  It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
1:5
    [kjv]  And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
    [bbe]  And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.
1:6
    [kjv]  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
    [bbe]  And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.
1:7 
    [kjv]  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jes............