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VER. 2 JOHN 1:8 avpole,shte … avpola,bhte {A}
Superior manuscript evidence supports the second person verbs, which
are also congruent with ble,pete e`autou,j. See also the following
comment....
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Verse 2 John 1:8. _LOOK TO YOURSELVES_] Be on your guard against these
seducers; watch, pray, love God and each other, and walk in newness of
life.
_THAT WE LOSE NOT THOSE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE WROUGH...
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LOOK TO YOURSELVES - This seems to be addressed to the lady to whom he
wrote, and to her children. The idea is, that they should be
particularly on their guard, and that their first care should be to...
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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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There is all the more reason to speak like this because there have
gone out into the world many deceivers, men who do not confess that
Jesus is Christ, and his coming in the flesh. Such a man is the
d...
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LOOK TO. App-133.
WE. The texts read "ye" in both occurances.
LOSE. Greek. _apollumi._ See John 17:12.
HAVE WROUGHT. i.e. the truth and love resulting from John's teaching.
REWARD. Greek. _misthos....
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_Look to yourselves_ Exactly as in Mark 13:9, excepting the emphatic
pronoun; -But look _ye_to yourselves".
_that we lose not_ The persons of the three verbs are much varied in
our authorities. The or...
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Warnings against False Doctrine
7 9. The third element in the triplet of leading thoughts once more
comes to the front, but without being named. Love and obedience
require, as the condition of their e...
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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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For ἀπολέσωμεν and ἀπολάβωμεν ([882][883]) read
ἈΠΟΛΈΣΗΤΕ and ἈΠΟΛΆΒΗΤΕ ([884][885]), and for
εἰργασάμεθα ([886][887][888]) read ΕἸΡΓΆΣΑΣΘΕ
([889][890] and most Versions): the reading is doubtful.
[88...
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WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINE
7–9. The third element in the triplet of leading thoughts once more
comes to the front, but without being named. Love and obedience
require, as the condition of their e...
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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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LOOK TO YOURSELVES, &C.— "Beware therefore of them; look about you;
stand upon your guard; and take heed that your own faith and practice
be not corrupted by them; that so neither you yourselves, nor...
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Warning of waywardness. 2 John 1:7-11
(2 John 1:7) Because many wanderers have gone out into the world, the
ones not confessing Jesus as Christ coming in flesh; this is the
deceiver and the antichrist...
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have
wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
LOOK TO YOURSELVES - amidst the widespread deception, so many being
led astray. So Chris...
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VERSE 8. LOOK TO YOURSELVES.
With relation to these deceivers, this antichrist, be careful; be on
your guard as to their specious stories, their plausible speeches; be
led not astray by them; cling t...
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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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1:8 wages. (c-17) That is, 'recompense for work.'...
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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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μισθόν, _cf._ Matthew 20:8; James 5:4. St. John here addresses
not only Kyria but her family and “the Church in her house”. He
views them as his fellow-labourers in the Lord's vineyard: “We have
worke...
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A Warning against Heretical Teaching. “Because many deceivers went
forth into the world even they that confess not Jesus as Christ coming
in flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist. Look to you...
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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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BEWARE OF DECEIVERS
John warned the elect lady that "many deceivers have gone out into the
world." The word "deceivers" comes from the Greek word for wandering
or roving, according to Thayer. They tra...
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(4) (e) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we
have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
(4) He that makes shipwreck of doctrine, loses all.
(e) Beware, and take good heed...
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We here see the reward for adhering to the Catholic faith, and the
condemnation for revolting from the received truth. The apostles, and
their lawful successors in the ministry, determine the true doc...
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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...
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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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LOOK TO YOURSELVES,.... This is an exhortation to the elect lady, and
her children, to look about them, and take care of themselves, and
beware of these deceivers, and their doctrines:
THAT WE LOSE N...
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have
wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Ver. 8. _That we lose not, &c._] The godly, when they fall into foul
courses, or grow remis...
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_Look to yourselves_ Take heed, lest you grow remiss or negligent in
the course of your obedience. _That we lose not_, &c. Lest you lose
the reward of what you have already done, which every apostate...
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THAT WE LOST NOT; through the seductions of these deceivers leading
you to depart from the truth, any portion of the blessings we have
obtained, or which the gospel offers....
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Warning against false teachers...
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LOOK TO YOURSELVES THAT WE LOSE NOT THOSE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE
WROUGHT, BUT THAT WE RECEIVE A FULL REWARD....
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WROUGHT:
Or, gained. Some copies read, which ye have gained, but that ye
receive, etc....
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7-11 The deceiver and his deceit are described: he brings some error
concerning the person or office of the Lord Jesus. Such a one is a
deceiver and an antichrist; he deludes souls, and undermines th...
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Such changes of the person, as we here find, are neither unusual, nor,
in exhortation, inelegant; but some copies read in the two latter
clauses YE. He presses to constancy in the true, incorrupt Chri...
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2 John 1:8 Look G991 (G5720) yourselves G1438 that G3363 do G622 not
G3363 lose G622 (G5661) things...
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‘Look to yourselves, that you do not lose the things which we have
wrought, but that you receive a full reward. Whoever goes onward and
abides not in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He who abides...
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2 John 1:8. LOOK TO YOURSELVES: a rare expression, intimating the deep
earnestness of the warning. THAT YE LOSE NOT THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE
WROUGHT: the apostles were God's labourers; but, with refin...
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LOOK TO YOURSELVES
(βλεπετε εαυτους). Imperative active with reflexive
pronoun as in Mark 13:9. The verb often used absolutely (Philippians
3:2) like our "look out."THAT YE LOSE NOT
(ινα μη απολεσ...
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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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WATCH YOURSELVES. "Do not let anyone fool you and steal away your
promise!" Although we do not _earn_ our salvation, still there is a
human response that is necessary. Compare what John said in John 4...
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_Look to yourselves._
SELF-INSPECTION
I. look to your creed, whether it be scriptural. We know too well
there may be a scriptural creed without real piety; but it does not
appear how there can be the...
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2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:8 WATCH YOURSELVES. Compare Mark 13:5, Mark
13:23. wi
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2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:7 The Elder’s Concern. Doctrinal confusion
was a threat to the congregation.
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_Lest ye lose that which ye have wrought_ : the Greek reads in the
first person, _lest we lose_, &c. Lest I should have preached to you
in vain, and lest both I and you should lose all our former labo...
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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 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Corinthians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Daniel
12:3;...
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Look to yourselves that [β λ ε π ε τ ε ε α υ τ ο υ ς ι
ν α]. %Ina in order that, marks the intent of the caution. See on
John 14:13.
We lose [α π ο λ ε σ ω μ ε ν]. The best texts read
ajpoleshte, ye l...
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That we lose not the things which we have wrought — Which every
apostate does. But receive a full reward — Having fully employed all
our talents to the glory of him that gave them. Here again the apos...
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Here our apostle resumes his exhortation to them to constancy and
perseverance in the faith and obedience of the gospel, from this
argument, lest they should lose the fruit of their faith professed,
t...