Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

I was very glad because I discovered some of your sons walking in the truth, just as we received the commandment from the Father. And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment that you have heard in the same way from the beginning, and in which you should walk. For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh. Such a one as this is a deceiver and an antichrist. Be cautious for yourselves, lest you lose what you have accomplished, and so that, instead, you may receive a full reward. Everyone who withdraws and does not remain in the doctrine of Christ, does not have God. Whoever remains in the doctrine, such a one as this has both the Father and the Son.