2 John 1:13

13. Thy elect sister Who should these be but the children of the writer’s deceased wife? His may be a widowed home; a home where the blessed mother of Jesus found a home; and from that home the greetings of the surviving children are sent. This verse is held by those who believe that the lady was a Church, to be a greeting from a Church to a Church. They hold it a strong proof of that interpretation. Alford concedes some force to the argument. But why should children represent one Church and lady the other? Why, children, unless because there was no mother of the children? To preserve the consistency of the symbol, it should read, Elect lady, thy co - elect sister greeteth thee.