Verse 9
9. Transgresseth Rather, Whosoever goeth before or leadeth. That is, every one that sets up as leader, and abideth not in the realistic doctrine of Christ. Hath not the true
God Who is the Father of Christ, and of us in the gospel.
Both the Father and the Son The same distinctness as in 2 John 1:3, and for the same reason. The Docetist, who idealized Christ, would be prone to idealize God, and be a pantheist; or he might accept Jove, and be a pagan. But as he destroyed the true Son, so he destroyed the true Father. Christianity evaporated when Christ was idealized.
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