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 sister salute thee.”
VER. 2 JOHN 1:12 h`mw/n {B} In the opinion of a majority of the Committee, the reading h`mw/n, which is supported by a K L P Y 614 _Byz Lect_ syrph, h arm _al,_ is quite in harmony with the author’s g...
Verse 2 John 1:12. _HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE_] That is, I have many things that I might write to thee, but I think it best not to commit them to paper, because I hope to visit thee shortly, and sp...
HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE UNTO YOU - That I would wish to say. This language is such as would be used by one who was hurried, or who was in feeble health, or who hoped soon to see the person written...
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 ELECT LADY (2 John 1:1-3)...
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...
WOULD. App-102. WITH. by means of. App-104. 2 John 1:1. PAPER. Greek. _chartes._ Only here. INK. See 2 Corinthians 3:3. TRUST. hope. SPEAK. App-121. FACE, &C. Literally mouth to (App-104.) mouth...
_Having many things to write_ The First Epistle will give us some idea of what these were. _I would not write with paper and ink_ There is here no -write" in the Greek; and in the first clause -write...
Conclusion 12, 13. The strong resemblance to the Conclusion of the Third Epistle seems to shew that the two letters are nearly contemporaneous....
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...
For ἐλθεῖν ([907][908]) read ΓΕΝΈΣΘΑΙ ([909][910][911]). For ἈΛΛᾺ ἘΛΠΊΖΩ ([912][913][914][915]) [916] and the Vulgate have ἐλπίζω γάρ. For ἡμῶν ([917][918][919]) read ὑμῶν ([920][921]). [907] 9th cent...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act._ pari, от ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. Уступительное _part._, "хоть я имею" ΓΡΆΦΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать, ΈΒΟΥΛΉΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΒΟΎΛΟΜΑΙ (G1011) желать,...
HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE— Perhaps this lady, or her children, might have several difficulties to propose to the apostle, which he could answer more directly and largely in conversation; or there mi...
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...
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. I WOULD NOT WRITE. A heart full of love...
VERSE 12. HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE UNTO YOU. The apostle closes his epistle by the statement, that he withheld many things he desired to tell her, but the subjects were of such a nature he preferre...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE UNTO YOU,.... Either on a civil, or on a religious account, concerning the state of the churches of Asia, and particularly Ephesus, and of private families and persons, and...
Having many things to write unto you, I would not _write_ with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. Ver. 12. _That our joy may be full_] See,...
_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:...
HAVING MANY THINGS TO WRITE UNTO YOU, I WOULD NOT WRITE WITH PAPER AND INK; BUT I TRUST TO COME UNTO YOU AND SPEAK FACE TO FACE, THAT OUR JOY MAY BE FULL....
FACE TO FACE: _ Gr._ mouth to mouth...
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...
The latter WRITE is not in the Greek text; but the words bear this sense, that having many things to write, I would not by PAPER AND INK impart them to you, (the expression being elliptical), but hope...
2 John 1:12 Having G2192 (G5723) things G4183 write G1125 (G5721) you G5213 did G1014 not G3756 wish...
‘Having many things to write to you, I would not write them with paper and ink. But I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.' He has much more to say, but wil...
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...
I WOULD NOT (ουκ εβουληθην). Epistolary aorist (first passive indicative).WITH PAPER AND INK (δια χαρτου κα μελανος). The χαρτης was a leaf of papyrus prepared for writing by cutting the pith into...
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...
SO MUCH TO TELL YOU. John may have more to say about the false teachers. Perhaps he does not want to write any more harsh things, which could be _taken the wrong way._ And it would be much better if h...
_Having many things to write unto you._ CHRISTIAN INTERCOURSE I. The fulness of John’s heart. His heart, doubtless, was full of what concerned the fruits of his ministry in the Church of Christ; of w...
WRITTEN IN INK Paper and ink. 2 John 1:12. Do you remember the very first time you tried to write in ink? You had never been allowed to use anything but pencil, but one day Mother said you might us...
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...
_Having many things_, &c. Either because they were confidential, or because letters might perish, or fall into the hands of unbelievers, who would interpret them falsely. _For I hope to come unto you....
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 16:5; 1 John 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:4; 3 John 1:13; Hebre
Having many things to write, I was not minded to write now — Only of these, which were then peculiarly needful....
Here our apostle concludes his epistle with an apology for the brevity of it, declaring, that he hoped to come shortly to them, and see them. And though he had many things to write, yet all things wer...