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Verse 2 John 1:6. _AND THIS IS LOVE_] That is, our love is shown and
proved by our walking according to the commandments of God; for love
is the principle of obedience....
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AND THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS - This is the
proper expression or evidence of love to God. See the notes at John
14:15, John 14:21.
THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT - That is, this is hi...
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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...
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EXHORTATION AND WARNING. The commandment of love given by Christ to
His Church from the beginning must be faithfully observed. Loyalty to
Christ meant that His followers must beware of the false teach...
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THE ELECT LADY (2 John 1:1-3)...
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It gave me great joy to find some of your children walking in the
truth, as we have received commandment from the Father. And now, Lady,
not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but a comman...
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HAVE. Omit. In this verse is the Figure of speech _Antimetabole,_
"walk... commandments commandment... walk"....
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_And this is love_ Or, _And_ THE LOVE IS THIS: the love which I mean
consists in this (see on 1 John 1:5). In 2 John 1:5 obedience prompts
love; here love prompts obedience. This is no vicious logical...
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We now enter upon the main portion of the Epistle, which has three
divisions: _Exhortation to Love and Obedience_(5, 6); _Warnings
against False Doctrine_(7 9); _Warnings against False Charity_(10,
11...
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Exhortation to Love and Obedience
5. _And now_ As in 1 John 2:28 (see note there), this introduces a
practical exhortation depending on what precedes. -It is my joy at the
Christian life of some of t...
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ΚΑῚ ΑὝΤΗ ἘΣΤῚΝ Ἡ�. _And_ THE LOVE IS THIS: the
love which I mean consists in this (see on 1 John 1:5). In 2 John 1:5
obedience prompts love; here love prompts obedience. This is no
vicious logical cir...
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We now enter upon the main portion of the Epistle, which has three
divisions: _Exhortation to Love and Obedience_ (5, 6); _Warnings
against False Doctrine_ (7–9); _Warnings against False Charity_ (10,...
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5, 6. EXHORTATION TO LOVE AND OBEDIENCE...
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AND THIS IS LOVE,— That is, "the love which God the Father, by
Christ his eternal Son, has enjoined upon Christians one towards
another," as appears from the connection. The exhortations to mutual
lov...
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The path of loving obedience. 2 John 1:4-6
(2 John 1:4) I was greatly pleased because I have found (certain) of
your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment
according to the Father....
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And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk
in it.
'Love is the fulfilling of the law,' and the fulfill...
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VERSE 6. AND THIS IS LOVE.
We know one possesses this love whenever we see its demonstration.
One, therefore, who knows by acts that he loves, shows at the same
time that he walks after the commandme...
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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...
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IN IT] better to make 'it' refer not to the nearest noun,
'commandment,' but to 'love.'...
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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...
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(2) St. John had lately had opportunity of observing bow some of the
matron’s children proved their adherence to the truth by their daily
conduct. Having congratulated her about this, he states the ch...
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ἡ ἀγάπη, “the love just referred to”. περιπ.
κατὰ τὰς ἐντ. αὐτ., regulating our lives by their
requirements; περιπ. ἐν ἀληθείᾳ (2 John 1:4), keeping
within the limits of the Christian revelation and n...
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The Comprehensive Commandment. “And now I ask thee, Kyria, not as
writing a new commandment to thee but the one which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another. And this is love that we walk...
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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...
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"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...
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This is the rule of a Christian and Catholic to walk in that faith and
worship which he hath received from the beginning, and which we now
call according to the Scriptures, the _tradition of the apost...
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And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment
unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one
another. (6) And this is love, that we walk after his comman...
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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...
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AND THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS,.... By
observing them as a rule of conversation, in so doing love is shown to
God; and such may expect the fresh discoveries of the love of God t...
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And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk
in it.
Ver. 6. _As ye have heard_] He studiously declines the...
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_And this is love_ The principal proof of true love, first to God, and
then to his people; _that we walk after his commandments_ That we be
obedient to his will in all things. _This_ love _is the_ gre...
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THIS IS LOVE-HIS COMMANDMENTS; the proper expression and evidence of
love to God and men, is the keeping of his commandments. Compare 1
John 5:2-3.
THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT; what the apostle has just...
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Exhortation to walk in truth and love:...
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AND THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS. THIS IS THE
COMMANDMENT, THAT, AS YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, YE SHOULD WALK
IN IT.
The letter proper opens with a word of appreciation: I...
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4-6 It is good to be trained to early religion; and children may be
beloved for their parents' sake. It gave great joy to the apostle to
see children treading in their parents' steps, and likely in t...
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From this particular command he passes to what is more general,
requiring in all things a strict and unanimous adherence to the pure
and primitive doctrine of the gospel, which would be the best
expre...
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2 John 1:6 G2532 This G3778 is G2076 (G5748) love G26 that G2443 walk
G4043 (G5725) according...
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‘And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote to you a new
commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love
one another. And this is love, that we should walk after his
comman...
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2 John 1:6. Here we have once more St. John's familiar tribute to the
ethical supremacy of love, the new revelation of which by Christ ‘in
the beginning' sways his thoughts with a peculiar power. The...
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LOVE
(η αγαπη). The love just mentioned.THAT WE SHOULD WALK
(ινα περιπατωμεν). Object clause in nominative case in
apposition with αγαπη, with ινα and the present active
subjunctive of περιπατεω,...
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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...
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MEANS THAT WE MUST LIVE. Christian love is not an "ooey-gooey feeling
in the tummy," but a very practical way of living in truth. [The other
forms of love are valid in their sphere.] Compare 1 John 5:...
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_This is love, that we walk after His commandments._
LOVE, THE PRINCIPLE OF OBEDIENCE
I. Love as the principle of obedience.
1. The excellency of this principle. It renders obedience.
(1) Divinely...
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2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:4 The Elder’s Joy and Request. John wants
his readers’ behavior to reflect their faith.
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2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:6 COMMANDMENT probably refers to the love
commandment introduced by Jesus (John 13:34)....
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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...
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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...
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1 John 2:24; 1 John 5:15; 1 John 5:3; 2 John 1:5; Galatians 5:13;...
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Love [η α γ α π η]. The love just mentioned in the verb we love.
That [ι ν α]. See on John 14:13.
After His commandments [κ α τ α τ α ς ε ν τ ο λ α ς α
υ τ ο υ]. For walk, with kata after, according t...
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And this is the proof of true love, universal obedience built on the
love of God. This — Love. Is the great commandment which ye have
heard from the beginning — Of our preaching....
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As if our apostle had said, "By this we shall make it evidently appear
that there is the true love of God in us, if we endeavour to frame our
lives according to his commandments;" and this, he assures...