2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:
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11For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.
Cross References
Psalms 129:8And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:11But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
Galatians 1:8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
Titus 3:10A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;
Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:8-10
Deceivers Condemned. ( a. d. 90.) 7 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 which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. In this principal part of the epistle we find, I. The ill news… Read the whole commentary →