December 18 2 John

December 18, 2014

2 John

Though 2 John is much shorter than 1 John, it was written with many of the same concerns. Read it carefully and make your best guess: what this letter written to an actual specific Christian woman, or is the “Chosen Lady” a figurative designation for the church? Both are possible. 

I lean toward the former, because John’s main concern (vv. 7-11) is about offering traditional hospitality to the false teachers, whose heresy is described in 1 John. He seems to be warning this chosen lady not to “welcome” these false teachers, that to do so is to share in their “wicked work” (v. 11).

Your fellow traveler through the New Testament,

Pastor Gary