2 John
New Testament · translated from the Greek
A short letter to "the chosen lady and her children": walk in truth and love, and do not receive those who do not confess Jesus the Messiah coming in the flesh.
How it is laid out
Key verses
- 2 John 1:6 — This is love, that we walk according to his commandments
Who wrote it
"The elder" (1:1). Christian tradition attributes it to the apostle John (Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.16.8). Eusebius reports that in his day it was disputed whether it was by the evangelist or by another John (Church History 3.25.3).
When it was written
Probably AD 85–100; the date is debated.
For whom, and in what situation
"The chosen lady and her children" (1:1), perhaps an assembly and its members. He warns them about many deceivers who have gone out into the world (1:7).
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