Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 John 1:13
The children of thy elect or Christian sister — Absent, if not dead, when the apostle wrote this.
The children of thy elect or Christian sister — Absent, if not dead, when the apostle wrote this.
VER. 2 JOHN 1:13 th/j evklekth/j) {A} After evklekth/j the Textus Receptus, following K L 049 056 0142 most minuscules syrph, h, reads avmh,n, a common liturgical addition. The shorter text, without a...
Verse 2 John 1:13. _THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER_] Probably her _own_ _sister_, who lived at Ephesus; and, being acquainted with the apostle's writing, desired to be thus remembered to her. _Elec...
THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER GREET THEE - Of this “elect sister” nothing more is known. It would seem probable, from the fact that she is not mentioned as sending her salutations, that she was eit...
THE SECOND EPISTLE The Second Epistle is addressed by the elder unto the elect lady and her children. The word elder has the same meaning as it has in 1 Peter 5:1. Some take it that the elect lady me...
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not greet him on the street; for he who greets him becomes a partner in his evil deeds. Although I h...
THE ELECT LADY (2 John 1:1-3)...
GREET. salute. AMEN. The texts omit....
_The children of thy elect sister greet thee_ Better, for the sake of uniformity with 3 John 1:14, SALUTE _thee_: the same verb is used in both passages. That the elect sister herself sends no greetin...
Conclusion 12, 13. The strong resemblance to the Conclusion of the Third Epistle seems to shew that the two letters are nearly contemporaneous....
For Ἐκλεκτῆς read ἘΚΛΕΚΤΗ͂Σ with the best editors as in 2 John 1:1 ἘΚΛΕΚΤΗ͂Ι. Omit ἀμήν with [922][923][924] against [925][926]. [922] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the monastery o...
12, 13. CONCLUSION 12, 13. The strong resemblance to the Conclusion of the Third Epistle seems to shew that the two letters are nearly contemporaneous, and it adds to the probability that both are ad...
ΑΣΠΆΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΣΠΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G782) приветствовать....
THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER GREET THEE.— _Brother_ and _sister_ very commonly, in the New Testament, mean fellow-christians; but in that sense the word _sister_ would have been too general and in...
A projected visit and a salutation. 2 John 1:12-13 (2 John 1:12) Having many things to write to you I would not do so through paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and to speak mouth to mouth, in o...
Alford, The non-mention of the "lady" herself seems to favour the hypothesis that a church is meant....
VERSE 13. THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER. The children of a sister to whom the letter was addressed resided at the place from whence John wrote, and he, possibly at their request, sends the good wis...
1 It is a striking fact that John never appeals to his apostleship in his epistles. In this short note, as well as in the next one, he is simply an elder. This accords with the private character of th...
The writer may have been staying at this second matron's house. If the Epistle was written to an individual, the transmission of this trivial message from children to an aunt is an interesting note of...
HOW TO LIVE IN THE TRUTH 2 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER 1. WRITER At the start of the letter, the writer calls himself the ‘*elder’. There are three ways that we can use the word ‘*eld...
(3) Conclusion (2 John 1:12). (12) HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE UNTO YOU. — This verse shows that the Letter to the matron and her family was not a mere accompaniment of a copy of the First Epistle. H...
The Conclusion. “Though I have many things to write to you, I would not by paper and ink; but I hope to get to you, and talk face to face, that our joy may be fulfilled. The children of thine elect si...
See Introd. pp. 162 f....
WALKING IN TRUTH 2 John 1:1 This exquisite letter, a model of old-world correspondence, was probably written when the Apostle was the guest of the nephews of the lady addressed. The Epistle revolves...
HOSPITALITY AND FALSE TEACHERS The elect lady was confronted with the problem of how to treat those false teachers John warned against. A Christian cannot in any way appear to support those who teach...
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. (8) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which...
REFLECTIONS The Elders in the Church of Jesus may learn from this short, but gracious Epistle of John the elder, how to address the Elect, and with what words of comfort and consolation in Jesus, they...
The Second and Third Epistles of John insist on the truth. The Second warns the faithful against the reception of those who do not teach the doctrine of Christ, especially the truth respecting the Per...
THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER GREET THEE. AMEN. Not the members of a sister church, as some think; but the children of one who was the sister of this lady, according to the flesh; and who, as she w...
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. Ver. 13. _The children of thine elect_] Who probably sojourned with St John for education's sake. The lady might say to the apostle, as he in Virgil...
_Having many things to write_ Concerning these and other subjects; _I would not_ Ουκ εβουληθην, _I was not minded_, to communicate them by _paper and ink_ Probably the apostle meant that he had many t...
Conclusion:...
THE CHILDREN OF THY ELECT SISTER GREET THEE. AMEN. The apostle here announces his visit, to be expected in the near future: Having much to write to you I did not want to do so by paper and ink; but I...
12,13 The apostle refers many things to a personal meeting. Pen and ink were means of strengthening and comforting others; but to see each other is more so. The communion of saints should be maintaine...
They were, it is probable, with him at Ephesus, and took the occasion by him now writing, to transmit their salutations. AMEN; this concluding _Amen_ imports his sincerity in what he had written....
2 John 1:13 children G5043 your G4675 elect G1588 sister G79 greet G782 (G5736) you G4571 Amen G281...
‘The children of your elect sister salute you.' This may signify the members of a sister church. Or it may signify that both sisters were of powerful families and had churches in their households. Ei...
III. _Conclusion._ 2 John 1:12-13. The apostle, writing on this subject, has more to say than he can write; hence this letter is not an accompaniment of the larger Epistle. He was writing on paper or...
OF THINE ELECT SISTER (της αδελφης σου της εκλεκτης). Same word εκλεκτη as in verse 2 John 1:1; Revelation 17:4. Apparently children of a deceased sister of the lady of verse 2 John 1:1 who lived in...
CONTENTS: Truth and love inseparable in the Christian life. Doctrine the test of reality. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, elect lady, anti-christ. CONCLUSION: The test of our love to God is universal...
THE CHILDREN. If the Lady is a real woman, then these would be the children of her sister, who were with John. They are Christians also. _Note:_ Christian love is an act of will. It is treating others...
2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:13 CHILDREN OF YOUR ELECT SISTER are the believers in the congregation from which John writes. ⇐...
2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:12 Closing: The Elder’s Farewell. John hopes to follow this letter with a visit. ⇐...
PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EPISTLE OF S. JOHN.. SEVERAL ancient writers have entertained doubts respecting the Second and Third Epistles of S. John, supposing them to have been written by John t...
_The children of thy sister Electa salute thee._ From hence Œcumenius and our Serarius maintain that the name of _Electa_, to whom this Epistle is inscribed, is an appellative noun and the title of so...
Tonight, we want to look at 2 John and 3 John and the book of Jude, all short little one-chapter epistles. The epistles of 2 John and 3 John were of course, written by the apostle John. A situation ex...
1 Peter 5:13; 2 John 1:1...