2 John 1:9
KJV
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
NIV
Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching [omit] has both the Father and the Son.
“The doctrine of Christ” directs our minds to the entire New Testament, especially Pauline and General Epistles, which certainly contain the doctrine of Christ. But “the teaching of Christ” limits the sense of this passage to what Christ directly spoke on earth, and points our minds to the 4 gospels without any regard for the 21 epistles.
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