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2 John opens with “The Elder unto the Elect Lady” and carries its history toward “Paper and Ink.” Thirteen verses, about the length of one sheet of papyrus, from a writer who calls himself only the elder. 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.
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2 John 1–3
Thirteen verses, about the length of one sheet of papyrus, from a writer who calls himself only the elder. It is addressed to a lady and her children, which most likely means a congregation and the people in it, and he says he loves them in the truth, and so does everyone that has known the truth. Grace, mercy and peace, in truth and love, which are the two words the whole letter turns on.
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2 John 4–6
He rejoiced greatly to find some of her children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. Then the request, and he is careful to say it is nothing new: not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And love is defined at once, and practically: this is love, that we walk after his commandments.
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2 John 7–11
Many deceivers are entered into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought. Then the hard instruction, which is about hospitality offered to travelling teachers rather than about strangers at the door: if there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not, neither bid him God speed.
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2 John 12–13
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. It is the most human sentence in the letter, and it explains why the letter is so short. Then greetings from the children of her elect sister, and it stops.
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