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If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him Godspeed: 10, 11. Warnings against False Charity 10. If there come any unto you ] Better, as R. V., if any one Cometh unto you: it is with the indicative, not with the subjunctive. It … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:10”

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. 9. Explains more fully what is at stake; no less than the possession of the Father and the Son. Whosoever transgresseth ] This is a simplification … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:9”

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 8. Look to yourselves ] Exactly as in Mar 13:9, excepting the emphatic pronoun; ‘But look ye to yourselves’. that we lose not ] The persons of the three verbs are much varied in our … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:8”

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 7. For ] Or, Because. Some would make this conjunction introduce the reason for 2Jn 1:8: ‘Because many deceivers have appeared look to yourselves.’ But this is altogether unlike … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:7”

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. 6. And this is love ] Or, And the love is this: the love which I mean consists in this (see on 1Jn 1:5). In 2Jn 1:5 obedience … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:6”

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. 5, 6. Exhortation to Love and Obedience 5. And now ] As in 1Jn 2:28 (see note there), this introduces a practical exhortation depending on what … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:5”

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 4. The Occasion of the Epistle 4. The Apostle has met with some of the elect lady’s children (or some members of the particular Church addressed), probably in one of his Apostolic visits to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:4”

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. 3. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace ] Rather, as R. V., Grace, mercy, and peace shall be with us. It is not so much a prayer or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:3”

For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever. 2. For the truth’s sake ] The repetition of the word ‘truth’ is quite in S. John’s style. ‘The truth’ here and at the end of 2Jn 1:1 means the truth as revealed in Christ and the Spirit. which dwelleth in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:2”

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; 1. The Elder ] It is probably on account of his age that the Apostle styles himself thus: and it is a designation which a writer personating … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 John 1:1”