“ The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. ”
The children of thy elect sister greet thee - Of this “elect sister” nothing more is known. It would seem probable, from the fact that she is not mentioned as sending her salutations, that she wa...
greet . salute. Amen . The texts omit.
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. The children of thy elect sister - Probably her own sister, who lived at Ephesus; and, being acquainted with the apostle's writing, desired to be th...
The children of thy elect sister greet thee.— Brother and sister very commonly, in the New Testament, mean fellow-christians; but in that sense the word sister would have been too general and...
Alford, The non-mention of the "lady" herself seems to favour the hypothesis that a church is meant.
The writer may have been staying at this second matron's house. If the Epistle was written to an individual, the transmission of this trivial message from children to an aunt is an interesting note o...
(3) Conclusion ( 2 John 1:12-13 ). (12) Having many things to write unto you. — This verse shows that the Letter to the matron and her family was not a mere accompaniment of a copy of the First Ep...
Walking in Truth 2 John 1:1-13 This exquisite letter, a model of old-world correspondence, was probably written when the Apostle was the guest of the nephews of the lady addressed. The Epistle...
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. (8) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things whic...
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. Not the members of a sister church, as some think; but the children of one who was the sister of this lady, according to the flesh; and who, as sh...
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. Ver. 13. The children of thine elect ] Who probably sojourned with St John for education's sake. The lady might say to the apostle, as he in Vir...
Having many things to write Concerning these and other subjects; I would not Ουκ εβουληθην, I was not minded , to communicate them by paper and ink Probably the apostle meant that he had many...
Conclusion and Salutation. A. D. 90. 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not w...
They were, it is probable, with him at Ephesus, and took the occasion by him now writing, to transmit their salutations. Amen; this concluding Amen imports his sincerity in what he had written.
‘The children of your elect sister salute you.' This may signify the members of a sister church. Or it may signify that both sisters were of powerful families and had churches in their households. E...
Conclusion:
1 Peter 5:13 ; 2 John 1:1
The children of thy elect or Christian sister — Absent, if not dead, when the apostle wrote this.