May I have a WORD with you?
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May I have a WORD with you?
Ep 040 (S2E21) The Ones Part 3: 2 John
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John
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Season 2
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Episode 21
References:
- John’s letter to the ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ, the chosen lady and her children
- Who might be the audience? Take an educated guess.
- A person?
- Mary, the Mother of Jesus?
- More likely, a highly respected nameless woman leader of a church.
- A church?
- Metaphorical - “bride of Christ” like
- Her children are the parishioners.
- A person?
- Who might be the audience? Take an educated guess.
- Reason for writing? - The Truth and Love!
- vss 1-3 - greeting
- vss 4-6
- The truth of the love command
- See John 13
- περιπατέω (per-ee-pat-eh'-o) to walk, make one’s way, regulate one’s life, conduct one’s self
- The truth of the love command
- vss 7-9 - orthodoxy
- The heresy of Docetism
- 1 Tim 3:15b-16
- vss 10-11 - be careful with encouragement?
- vss 12-13 - Conclusion and final greeting
- Family?