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Greeting the Elect Lady

1 The Elder, To the1 elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known athe truth,  
2 because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
3 aGrace, mercy, and peace will be with1 you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.  

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

4 I arejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.  
5 And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: athat we love one another.  
6 aThis is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that bas you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.  

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

7 For amany deceivers have gone out into the world bwho do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. cThis is a deceiver and an antichrist.  
8 aLook to yourselves, bthat we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.  
9 aWhoever1 transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.  
10 If anyone comes to you and adoes not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;  
11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

John’s Farewell Greeting

12 aHaving many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, bthat our joy may be full.  
13 aThe children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. 
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2 John 1:1

And her children (kai toiv teknoiv authv). As with eklekth kuria, so here tekna may be understood either literally as in I Timothy 3:4, or spiritually, as in Galatians 4:19, Galatians 4:25; I Timothy 1:2. For the spiritual sense in teknia see I John 2:1, I John 2:12.

Whom (ouv). Masculine accusative plural, though teknoiv is neuter plural (dative), construction according to sense, not according to grammatical gender, "embracing the mother and the children of both sexes" (Vincent). See thus ouv in Galatians 4:19.

I (Egw). Though o presbuterov is third person, he passes at once after the Greek idiom to the first and there is also special emphasis here in the use of agapw with the addition of en alhqeiai (in truth, in the highest sphere, as in John 17:19; III John 1:1) and ouk egw monov (not I only, "not I alone"). Brooke argues that this language is unsuitable if to a single family and not to a church. But Paul employs this very phrase in sending greetings to Prisca and Aquila (Romans 16:4).

That know (oi egnwkotev). Perfect active articular participle of ginwskw, "those that have come to know and still know."




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 John 1:1:

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