Chapter 1

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ad 90, am 4094

elder 2John 1:1

the wellbeloved Acts 19:29, Acts 20:4; Rom 16:23; 1Cor 1:14

whom 1John 3:18; 2John 1:1

in the truth or, truly


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wish or, pray

above Jas 5:12; 1Pet 4:8

that Ps 20:1-5; Phil 2:4, Phil 2:27

even 3John 1:3-6; Col 1:4-6; 1Thess 1:3-10, 1Thess 2:13-14, 1Thess 2:19-20, 1Thess 3:6-9; 2Thess 1:3, 2Thess 2:13; Phlm 1:5-7; 2Pet 1:3-9, 2Pet 3:18; Rev 2:9


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I 3John 1:4; 2John 1:4; Phil 1:4; 1Thess 2:19-20

when Rom 1:8-9; 2Cor 7:6-7; Eph 1:15-16; Col 1:7-8; 1Thess 3:6-9

the truth 2John 1:2, 2John 1:4; Ps 119:11


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have Prov 23:24

that Isa 8:18; 1Cor 4:15; Gal 4:19; Phlm 1:10

walk 1Kgs 2:4, 1Kgs 3:6; 2Kgs 20:3; Ps 26:1-3; Isa 38:3; John 12:35-36; Gal 2:14


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Matt 24:45; Luke 12:42, Luke 16:10-12; 2Cor 4:1-3; Col 3:17; 1Pet 4:10-11


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have borne witness of thy charity 3John 1:12; Phlm 1:5-7

whom Acts 15:3, Acts 21:5; Rom 15:24; 2Cor 1:16; Titus 3:13

after a godly sort or, worthy of God, This is a literal and proper rendering of the original αξιως G516, του G5120, Θεου G2316, by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." 1Thess 2:12

do well Gen 4:7; Jonah 4:4; Matt 25:21-23; Acts 15:29; Phil 4:14; 1Pet 2:20


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that Acts 8:4, Acts 9:16; 2Cor 4:5; Col 1:24; Rev 2:3

taking 2Kgs 5:15-16, 2Kgs 5:20-27; 1Cor 9:12-15, 1Cor 9:18; 2Cor 11:7-9, 2Cor 12:13


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to receive 3John 1:10; Matt 10:14, Matt 10:40; Luke 11:7; 2Cor 7:2-3

fellowhelpers 1Cor 3:5-9, 1Cor 16:10-11; 2Cor 6:1, 2Cor 8:23; Phil 4:3; Col 4:11; 1Thess 3:2; Phlm 1:2, Phlm 1:24


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who loveth Ο φιλοπρωτευων "who loveth the presidency," or chief place, doubtless in the church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and being one, magnified himself in his office: he loved such pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it. Matt 20:20-28, Matt 23:4-8; Mark 9:34, Mark 10:35-45; Luke 22:24-27; Rom 12:10; Phil 2:3-5; Titus 1:7-16

receiveth 3John 1:8; Matt 10:40-42; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48


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I will 1Cor 5:1-5; 2Cor 10:1-11, 2Cor 13:2

prating Prov 10:8, Prov 10:10

and casteth Isa 66:5; Luke 6:22; John 9:22, John 9:34-35


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Beloved Beloved, αγαπητε G27, is in the vocative singular, and therefore refers to Gaius.

follow Rather, imitate μιμου. Exod 23:2; Ps 37:27; Prov 12:11; Isa 1:16-17; John 10:27, John 12:26; 1Cor 4:16, 1Cor 11:1; Eph 5:1; Phil 3:17; 1Thess 1:6, 1Thess 2:14; 2Tim 3:10 *marg. Heb 6:12; 1Pet 3:13

He that doeth good 1Pet 3:11; 1John 2:29, 1John 3:6-9

he that doeth evil John 3:20


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good Acts 10:22, Acts 22:12; 1Thess 4:12; 1Tim 3:7

and we John 19:35, John 21:24


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2John 1:12


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face to face Gr. mouth to mouth

Peace Gen 43:23; Dan 4:1; Gal 5:16; Eph 6:23; 1Pet 5:14

Our Rom 16:10-11 *marg.

friends Instead of φιλοι and φιλους, friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several manuscripts read αδελφοι G80, and αδελφους G81, brethren.

Greet Rom 16:1-16


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