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2 John 1:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

2 John 1:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 John 1:2

Theological / Devotional

For the truth’s sake. Literally, “on account of the truth.” It is on account of our common acceptance of the truth that we are so closely related to one another by the cords of love.

Dwelleth. Gr. menō (see on 1 John 2:6). Truth must live in the hearts of the believers before it can be a unifying factor among them. John is confident that the members of his Christian community fulfilled the qualification.

Shall be with us. Presumably, the truth had also once dwelt in the hearts of those who later apostatized, but here the apostle expresses firm confidence that truth will perpetually abide with the members of his circle. Such confidence does not preclude individual apostasy, but does proclaim the consistent adherence of the church to its Heaven-sent doctrine.

For ever. Gr. eis ton aiōna (see on Rev. 1:6 ; 14:11). John never intends to relinquish the central facts of Christian faith on which his belief is based—the loving nature of God, the incarnation, the atoning death, the resurrected life of the Son of God.

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