2 John 1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:8

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 not those things which we have wrought ; or as the Alexandrian copy, and many other copies, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, "that ye lose not those things which ye have wrought"; in embracing the Gospel, making a profession of it, walking in it, showing a zeal, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:9

Whosoever transgresseth ,.... Not the law of God, of which everyone is a transgressors and that daily, in thought, word, or deed; but who passes over the rule and standard of doctrine, the word of God, and will not adhere to that, nor walk according to it, but rejects and despises that rule: and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ ; which he received from his Father, and delivered to his apostles, and of which he is the sum and substance; the doctrine which is concerning his person as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:10

If there come any unto you ,.... Under the character of a preacher; and bring not this doctrine ; or does not preach the doctrine of Christ, as before explained, but despises it, and preaches a contrary one: receive him not into your house ; neither into the house of God, suffer him not to preach there; nor into your own house, give him no entertainment there: false teachers always tried to creep into houses, where they served their own turn every way, both by feeding their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:11

For he that biddeth him God speed ,.... Wishes him well, and success in his ministry, or in a friendly and familiar way converses with him: is partaker of his evil deeds ; he has fellowship with him, instead of reproving or shunning him, as he ought; he is an abettor of him in his principles, and so far joins in the propagation of them, and helps to spread them, and gives too much reason to think he is one with him in them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:12

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 concerning the truths and doctrines of the Gospel; not that he had any new one, or any other than what they had heard from the beginning, to communicate to them, by word of mouth, for this he denies, 2 John 1:5 ; wherefore this makes nothing for the unwritten traditions of the Papists, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:13

The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. Not the members of a sister church, as some think; but the children of one who was the sister of this lady, according to the flesh; and who, as she was either a very famous and excellent person, or rather one chosen of God likewise unto eternal life and salvation; and whose children also were walking in the truth, and here send their Christian salutation to their aunt; very likely those sister's children lived at Ephesus, where John resided. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1

The apostle's address to a Christian matron and her children, 2 John 1:1-3 . He rejoices to find that certain of her family had received, and continued to adorn, the truth; and he exhorts them to continue to love one another according to the commandment of Christ, 2 John 1:4-6 , And particularly cautions them against deceivers, and to so watch, that they might not lose the benefit of what they had received, 2 John 1:7 , 2 John 1:8 . The necessity of abiding in the doctrine of Christ, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:1

The elder - John the apostle, who was now a very old man, generally supposed to be about ninety, and therefore he uses the term ὁ πρεσβυτερος , presbyter or elder, not as the name of an office, but as designating his advanced age. He is allowed to have been the oldest of all the apostles, and to have been the only one who died a natural death. This title led some of the ancients to attribute this epistle to a person called John the Presbyter, a member of the Church at Ephesus; and not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:2

For the truth's sake - On account of the Gospel. Which dwelleth in us - By the grace which it has proclaimed. And shall be with us - For God will preserve not only the Christian religion but its truth, all its essential doctrines for ever. And they that abide in the truth shall go whither that truth leads, i.e. to glory. The Armenian has a strange reading here: "For the truth's sake which dwelleth in us, because it is also with you; and ye shall be with us for ever." But this is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:3

Grace be with you - This is addressed to her, her household, and probably that part of the Church which was more immediately under her care. The Son of the Father - The apostle still keeps in view the miraculous conception of Christ; a thing which the Gnostics absolutely denied; a doctrine which is at the ground work of our salvation. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 John 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 John 1:3

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