2 John 1:2

διὰ τὴν�. The repetition of ἀλήθεια is quite in S. John’s style. For τὴν μενοῦσαν, which abideth, see on 1 John 2:24. The change of construction, καὶ μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἔσται (for ἐσομένην), indicates that the later clause is a kind of afterthought: comp. καὶ ἐσμέν (1 John 3:1). Winer, 723. The μεθʼ ἡμῶν is emphatic; and with us it shall be. For εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα see on 1 John 2:17. Here again we have an echo of Christ’s farewell discourses: ‘He shall give you another Advocate, that He may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth’ (John 14:16). Comp. ‘I am … the Truth’ (John 14:6) and ‘The Spirit is the Truth’ (1 John 5:6). The Apostle and all believers love the elect lady and her children on account of the ever-abiding presence of Christ in the gift of the Spirit.