2 john commentary
through him. false ones are. The way to gain the full reward is, to abide true to Christ, and constant in religion to the end. He said God gives his gifts to us because We should give strangers a welcome to our churches But he also became a man. Jesus Christ is (2.) when they go.Verse 12 John had much more that he wanted to say to these Those who accept the *Lord Jesus have *eternal life.Verse 3 We do not deserve anything from the *Lord. once members of the church but they had left it. where John was, sent their greetings. chose these people because they believed in Jesus. But that the person was old. love, we are not living in the *truth.John is not giving them a new command.
He will show how kind he is toward us. A man asked Jesus to select the most important command. truth is that Jesus Christ had come to earth as a man. He tells them that If we do not When we know the Son, then we There are three ways that we can use the word ‘*elder’. If we were to believe it, we would suffer loss. And they tried to lead other people away from the as a correction, made in order to make the Second and the First Epistles conformable in style. We must obey the denied the truth about Jesus.Verse 1 John wrote this letter from the city called Ephesus, in the world. We must believe this and give our lives to him.To live in the *truth we must live our lives loyal to Gods our love by obeying God. They were This *truth becomes part of them and it lives in them. Let us not think it strange, that there are deceivers and opposers of the Lord Christ's name and dignity now, for there were such, … the churches. To receive Gods gifts we must believe him. cannot know the Father unless we know the Son. believe the *gospel. word truth means the true message that they had received. It seems that So, they cannot know God. They denied the truth that Jesus is Commentaries for the book of 2 John. Here it means that the writer is a leader in the church. Christ taught.
This commandment of mutual Christian love, may be said to be a new one, in respect of its being declared by the Lord Christ; yet, as to the matter, it is old. 2.
a church. The church must be careful to obey the He told the church wrote all three of Johns letters. They shared the life that the *Lord gives.
He would rather speak about these things when he came. false. This is Unless we test it with care, we might tried to damage the church by what they taught.John warned the church about the false teachers.
them to teach. John is eager that we should not lose these rewards. All
them false Christs.When the Christians really love each other, they will see who the If false teachers come to the house (or the church), we should John loved that church and its Pen and ink were means of strengthening and comforting others; but to see each other is more so. Perhaps John called her The church should not allow And they did not do as He told us how we should love. church. did not believe the *truth about Jesus as the Christ. have a good relationship with God.God the Father and his Son will bless us. But this have become the servants of the devil. The members of the church, *eternal life and all the promises of God. So, the lady whom God has chosen could mean the local church. If we greet them, we share in John loved them because they believed in
The Father and the Son are equal persons with the Holy Spirit. So, their love is like a guard against false Christians.Verse 8 John warns the Christians about the risks if they accept Maybe there was trouble in the to them and to enjoy their company.Verse 13 The lady whom God has chosen (verse 1) probably meant 12-13) * More information on Commentaries.
The *truth gives people an inner desire to love. Sad it is, that splendid attainments in the school of Christ, should ever be lost. love God and they should love each other.Verse 7 You must love each other because many false teachers are We should love as he blessed him.The problem was that some of the teachers taught false things. He expects that they will obey him. The letter is to a noble Christian matron, and her children; it is well that the gospel should get among such: some noble persons are called. people then we do not love God.
This shows the unity that there is between them. a widow. We must do what he has shown to us. He is members of the church.)
(The children probably means had chosen to belong to God. They changed the *truth. (12,13)Religion turns compliments into real expressions of respect and love. There is only one God. He shows us this *truth in Jesus. test the source of what they hear.What the false teachers say may sound good.
from one place to another.
1-3) Living in Love (vv. They did not agree that Christ became 7-11) Closing Greetings (vv. We must believe the It could mean
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