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I rejoicedἘχάρηνgreatlyλίανtoὅτιfindεὕρηκαsome ofἐκyour childrenτῶν τέκνων σουwalkingπεριπατοῦνταςinἐνtruth,ἀληθείᾳjust asκαθὼςwe receivedἐλάβομενa commandmentἐντολὴνfromπαρὰthe Father.τοῦ πατρός
2 John 1:4
Study it in the app“I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received a commandment from the Father.”
With the Greek beneath
2 John 1:4, word by word
- I rejoicedἘχάρηνEcharēn
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “Echarēn” appears- greatlyλίανlian
greatly, very
Very, greatly.
Where else “lian” appears- findεὕρηκαheurēka
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēka” appears- your childrenτέκνωνteknōn
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “teknōn” appears- walkingπεριπατοῦνταςperipatountas
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatountas” appears- truthἀληθείᾳalētheiai
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheiai” appears- we receivedἐλάβομενelabomen
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “elabomen” appears- a commandmentἐντολὴνentolēn
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appears- the Fatherπατρόςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears
The context
3grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus the Messiah, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 · This verse (above)
5And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.