Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 John 1

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2 John 1 . 1 , He exhorts a certain honourable matron , with her children , to persevere in Christian love and belief , 2 John 1 . 8 , lest they lose the reward of their former profession; 2 John 1 . 10 , and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus.

2 John 1:1

The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

2 John 1:1 · BSB

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2 John 1:2

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

2 John 1:2 · BSB

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2 John 1:3

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

2 John 1:3 · BSB

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be Gr. shall be

2 John 1:4

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

2 John 1:4 · BSB

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2 John 1:5

And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

2 John 1:5 · BSB

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2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

2 John 1:6 · BSB

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2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

2 John 1:7 · BSB

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2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

2 John 1:8 · BSB

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wrought or , gained , "Some copies read , which ye have gained , but that ye receive , etc."

2 John 1:9

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:9 · BSB

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2 John 1:10

If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

2 John 1:10 · BSB

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2 John 1:11

Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

2 John 1:11 · BSB

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2 John 1:12

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

2 John 1:12 · BSB

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2 John 1:13

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

2 John 1:13 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions 2 John 1:12 → Numbers 12:8, 2 John 1:5-6 → Leviticus 19:18
Echoes 2 John 1:4 → Hosea 14:9
Chiasms
Shaped 2 John 1:1–13
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