Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 John 1:2
For the truth's sake, which abideth in us — As a living principle of faith and holiness.
For the truth's sake, which abideth in us — As a living principle of faith and holiness.
Verse 2 John 1:2. _FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE_] On account of the Gospel. _WHICH DWELLETH IN US_] By the grace which it has proclaimed. _AND SHALL BE WITH US_] For God will preserve not only the Christia...
FOR THE TRUTH’S SAKE - They love this family because they love the truth, and see it so cordially embraced and so happily exemplified. Those who love the gospel itself will rejoice in all the effects...
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)...
FOR, &C. = On account of (App-104. 2 John 1:2) the truth. DWELLETH. abideth. Greek. _meno_. See p. 1511. FOR EVER. App-151. a....
_For the truth's sake_ The repetition of the word -truth" is quite in S. John's style. -The truth" here and at the end of 2 John 1:1 means the truth as revealed in Christ and the Spirit. _which dwell...
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...
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...
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...
ΆΛΉΘΕΙΑ (G225) истина. Здесь это слово обозначает божественную реальность, конечную реальность; то есть Самого Бога. Следовательно, оно может относиться к выражению Бога в Его воплощенном Сыне и христ...
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...
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE - joined with "I love," 2 John. 'They who love in the truth, also love on account of the truth.' D...
VERSE 2. FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE. Those that love, as enjoined by the gospel of truth, love because they love the truth, and such love is for the truth's sake. Being true to the gospel, this love of tru...
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...
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...
μένουσαν ἐν ἡμῖν, not merely apprehended by the intellect but welcomed by the heart. μεθʼ ἡμῶν, _nobiscum, bei uns_, as our guest and companion....
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 truth and love. John very properly calls himself an Elder; for at the time he wrote...
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; (2) For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with...
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...
FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE, WHICH DWELLETH IN US,.... Not for her high birth, nobility, or riches; but either for Christ's sake, who is the truth, and who dwells in the hearts of believers by faith, and who...
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. Ver. 2. _For the truth's sake_] This is the love that will hold again, and is a sure sign of love unfeigned, when it is thus...
_The elder_ An appellation suited to a familiar letter; for the import of it see the preface: _unto the elect_ That is, the Christian; _lady_ Or _Kuria_, rather, for the word seems to be a proper name...
FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE; this lady's family were beloved on account of their love of the gospel and their practice of its duties....
FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE, WHICH DWELLETH IN US AND SHALL BE WITH US FOREVER....
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,...
The indwelling of evangelical truth, which is here meant, signifies its deep radication, and powerful transforming efficacy, in the soul, so as to be productive of holiness, as 1 THESSALONIANS 17:17;...
2 John 1:2 because G1223 truth G225 which G3588 abides G3306 (G5723) in G1722 us G2254 and G2532 be...
‘The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all they who know the truth, for the truth's sake which abides in us, and it will be with us for ever.' Th...
I. _Address and Greeting: From the well-known Elder to a well-known Lady._ The greeting, with its invocation, fills a large space. It is framed after the manner of St. Paul, and remarkably incorporat...
FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE (δια την αληθειαν). Repetition of the word, one of which John is very fond (1 John 1:6, "the truth, as revealed by the Christ, and gradually unfolded by the Spirit, who is trut...
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...
BECAUSE THE TRUTH. Compare John 15:16-17. John is confident that the truth will be with us forever, that is _available forever,_ and he is confident that the truth will remain in all who love the trut...
_The elder unto the elect lady._ TRUTH THE BOND OF LOVE How much is implied very often by the phrase or style with which a letter is begun or ended! How different is the formal “Sir” from “My dear Si...
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...
2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:2 ABIDES IN US. The gospel unites John and his readers. “In us” could be translated “among us.” ⇐...
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...
_For the Truth's sake._ He means, I love them in the Truth, because they themselves constantly adhere to the Truth, _i.e._ to the true faith. And Electa and her daughters showed that they had this tru...
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 Corinthians 9:23; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 1:23;...
Which dwelleth [τ η ν μ ε ν ο υ σ α ν]. Rev., abideth. Enlarging on the idea of the truth : that which abideth. See on 1 John 4:9, on the phrase to abide in, see on 1 John 2:6. Shall be with us [μ ε θ...