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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 John 1:12

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 speak fully of those matters, which will be a means of increasing the comfort both of thee and thy family, as well as my own. There is more comfort in mutual interviews among friends than in epistolaty correspondence,

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE ELECT LADY (2 John 1:1-3)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Conclusion 12, 13. The strong resemblance to the Conclusion of the Third Epistle seems to shew that the two letters are nearly contemporaneous....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    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,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton

    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...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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 si...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Explanation of the brevity of the letter. ὑμῖν, _i.e._, Kyria, her children, and the church in her house. γράφειν connected ἀπὸ κοινοῦ with ἔχων and ἐβουλήθην. χάρτης, a sheet of papyrus, like those e...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Conclusion:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FACE TO FACE: _ Gr._ mouth to mouth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 John 1:12 Having G2192 (G5723) things G4183 write G1125 (G5721) you G5213 did G1014 not G3756 wish...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 JOHN—NOTE ON 2 JOHN 1:12 Closing: The Elder’s Farewell. John hopes to follow this letter with a visit. ⇐...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:5; 1 John 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:4; 3 John 1:13; Hebre

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Having many things to write, I was not minded to write now — Only of these, which were then peculiarly needful....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    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...

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