Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton
2 John 1:3
Verse 3. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace.
This verse contains a benediction which is common in all apostolic writings.
Verse 3. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace.
This verse contains a benediction which is common in all apostolic writings.
VER. 2 JOHN 1:3 para. VIhsou/ Cristou/ {A} Before VIhsou/ the Textus Receptus, in accord with a K L P most minuscules syrh copbo arm _al,_ reads kuri,ou. Since it is more likely that copyists would ha...
Verse 2 John 1:3. _GRACE BE WITH YOU_] This is addressed to _her_, her _household_, and probably that part of the _Church_ which was more immediately under her care. _THE SON OF THE FATHER_] The apo...
GRACE BE UNTO YOU ... - See the notes at Romans 1:7. This salutation does not differ from those commonly employed by the sacred writers, except in the emphasis which is placed on the fact that the Lor...
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...
THE SALUTATION. The writer greets the elect lady and her children (see Introduction) on the ground of their fellowship with him in the truth, _i.e._ the faith held by the Church as opposed to that tau...
The Elder to the Elect Lady and to her children, whom I love in truth (it is not only I who love you and them, but so do all who love the truth) because of the truth which abides in us and which will...
THE ELECT LADY (2 John 1:1-3)...
GRACE. Only here, and three times in the Gospel, and twice in Rev., in John's writings. App-184. Compare 1 Timothy 1:2. BE. shall be. MERCY. Only here in John. GOD. App-98. FATHER. App-98. LORD....
_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 a blessing, as the confident assurance of a blessing; and the Apostl...
Address and Greeting 1 3. Like most of the Epistles of S. Paul, the Epistles of S. Peter, S. James, and S. Jude, and unlike the First Epistle, this letter has a definite address and greeting. In its...
Omit Κυρίου before ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ with [867][868] against [869][870][871]. [872] omits ἜΣΤΑΙ ΜΕΘ ̓ ἩΜΩ͂Ν. [867] 5th century. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Alexandria, and afterwar...
ADDRESS AND GREETING 1–3. Like most of the Epistles of S. Paul, the Epistles of S. Peter, S. James, and S. Jude, and unlike the First Epistle, this letter has a definite address and greeting. In its...
ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодать (EDNT; TLNT; TDNT). ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:2)....
E. _Translation and Comments_ 1. Salutation. 2 John 1:1-3 (2 John 1:1) The old one to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all the ones having come to know...
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. GRACE BE WITH YOU. So B, Vulgate; but 'Aleph (') has 'us' for yo...
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...
WITH YOU] The better text reads 'with us.' Cp. “Westcott and Hort....
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...
A man so well-known to his correspondent that he only calls himself “the old man,” or, “the elder,” writes to a mother, whose name is possibly Kyria, and to her children. Her sister’s children are in...
ἔσται μεθʼ ἡμῶν, not a wish (1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2) but a confident assurance. χάρις the well-spring in the heart of God; ἔλεος, its outpourings; εἰρήνη, its blessed effect. They are evangelical bl...
The Address. “The Elder to elect Kyria and her children, whom I love in Truth, and not I alone but also all that have got to know the Truth, because of the Truth that abideth in us; and with us it sha...
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...
"TO THE ELECT LADY AND HER CHILDREN" John is thought of as the author of 2 John. This is because of the testimony of ancient authorities as well as the fact that this letter is so similar in style an...
Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in (c) truth and love. (c) With true knowledge which always has love united with it...
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. John very properly calls himself an Elder; for at the time he wrote...
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...
GRACE BE WITH YOU, MERCY [AND] PEACE,.... This form of salutation, or wish and prayer for the blessings mentioned, FROM GOD THE FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, is the same used by other apost...
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. Ver. 3. _Grace be with you, &c._] This blessing belongs not only...
_Grace be with you_, &c. See on Romans 1:7. Grace takes away the guilt and power of sin, and renews our fallen nature; mercy relieves our misery; peace implies our abiding in grace and mercy. It inclu...
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. The address shows the affectionate regard which the aged apostle bore...
Address and salutation:...
1-3 Religion turns compliments into real expressions of respect and love. And old disciple is honourable; an old apostle and leader of disciples is more so. The letter is to a noble Christian matron,...
Such salutations see explained where they have formerly occurred....
2 John 1:3 Grace G5485 mercy G1656 peace G1515 be G2071 (G5704) with G3326 you G5216 from G3844 God...
‘Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.' The permanent nature of their true faith results from God's grace, mercy a...
2 John 1:3. GRACE, MERCY, PEACE, SHALL BE WITH US FROM GOD THE FATHER, AND FROM JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF THE FATHER, IN TRUTH AND LOVE. This is the old invocation, with which the other apostles have m...
SHALL BE WITH US (εστα μεθ' ημων). He picks up the words before in reverse order. Future indicative here, not a wish with the optative (ειε) as we have in 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2. The salutation is...
2 John 1:3 Grace, Mercy, and Peace. We have here a very unusual form of the apostolic salutation. "Grace, mercy, and peace" are put together in this fashion only in Paul's two epistles to Timothy and...
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...
MAY GOD. This is John's word of blessing, from both God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son. MAY THEY BE OURS. See 1 John 2:24....
_Grace be with you, mercy, peace._ GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE Grace in Scripture comprehends all the senses that it bears, separately and apart, in our common dialects. When you say of a royal person, “...
2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:1 Greeting: The Elder’s Love. Love frames the opening section, appearing in vv. 2 John 1:1 and...
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...
_Grace, mercy, and peace be with you._ Concerning this salutation I have spoken in the beginning of St. Paul's Epistles to Titus, the Romans, and Corinthians. He adds _mercy_ (or, as the Syriac _trans...
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 John 2:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 4:10; 1 Timothy 1:14; 1 Timothy 1:2;...
Grace be with you, mercy and peace [ε σ τ α ι μ ε θ η μ ω ν χ α ρ ι ς ε λ ε ο ς ε ι ρ η ν η]. The verb is in the future tense : shall be. In the Pauline Epistles the salutations contain no verb. In 1...
Grace takes away guilt; mercy, misery: peace implies the abiding in grace and mercy. It includes the testimony of God's Spirit, both that we are his children, and that all our ways are acceptable to h...