Interlinear view shows the original Hebrew/Greek text with word-by-word translation (KJV).
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Ὁ the/this/who πρεσβύτερος elder ἐκλεκτῇ select κυρίᾳ lady καὶ and τοῖς the/this/who τέκνοις child αὐτῆς he/she/it/self οὓς which ἐγὼ I/we ἀγαπῶ love ἐν in/on/among ἀληθείᾳ, truth καὶ and οὐκ no ἐγὼ I/we μόνος, alone ἀλλὰ but καὶ and πάντες all οἱ the/this/who ἐγνωκότες know τὴν the/this/who ἀλήθειαν, truth
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διὰ through/beca… τὴν the/this/who ἀλήθειαν truth τὴν the/this/who μένουσαν stay ἐν in/on/among ἡμῖν, I/we καὶ and μεθ᾽ with/after ἡμῶν I/we ἔσται be εἰς toward τὸν the/this/who αἰῶνα· age
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ἔσται be μεθ᾽ with/after ἡμῶν I/we χάρις grace ἔλεος mercy εἰρήνη peace παρὰ from with θεοῦ God πατρὸς father καὶ and παρὰ from with κυρίου lord Ἰησοῦ Jesus/Joshua Χριστοῦ Christ τοῦ the/this/who υἱοῦ son τοῦ the/this/who πατρὸς father ἐν in/on/among ἀληθείᾳ truth καὶ and ἀγάπῃ. love
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Ἐχάρην rejoice λίαν greatly ὅτι that/since εὕρηκα find/meet ἐκ out from τῶν the/this/who τέκνων child σου you περιπατοῦντας walk ἐν in/on/among ἀληθείᾳ truth καθὼς as/just as ἐντολὴν commandment ἐλάβομεν take παρὰ from with τοῦ the/this/who πατρός. father
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καὶ and νῦν now ἐρωτῶ ask σε, you κυρία, lady οὐχ no ὡς which/how ἐντολὴν commandment καινὴν new γράφων write σοι, you ἀλλ᾽ but ἣν which εἴχομεν have/be ἀπ᾽ away from ἀρχῆς, beginning ἵνα in order tha… ἀγαπῶμεν love ἀλλήλους. one another
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καὶ and αὕτη this/he/she/it ἐστὶν be ἡ the/this/who ἀγάπη love ἵνα in order tha… περιπατῶμεν walk κατὰ according to τὰς the/this/who ἐντολὰς commandment αὐτοῦ. he/she/it/self αὕτη this/he/she/it ἡ the/this/who ἐντολή commandment ἐστιν be καθὼς as/just as ἠκούσατε hear ἀπ᾽ away from ἀρχῆς, beginning ἵνα in order tha… ἐν in/on/among αὐτῇ he/she/it/self περιπατῆτε· walk
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ὅτι that/since πολλοὶ much πλάνοι deceiving