2 John 1:12
I have many things to write to you; I wanted not to do so with parchment and ink, but I have the tikvah (hope) to be with you and to speak panim el panim (directly, in person), + 1:12 Dt 34:10 that our simcha (joy) may be shleimah (complete).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Drishat Shalom from the Banim of your Achot HaBechirah (Chosen Sister).
Cross References
Numbers 12:8With him will I speak peh el peh, plainly, and not in dark sayings; and the temuna (form) of Hashem shall he behold; why then were ye not afraid to speak against Avdi Moshe?
John 16:12Yet many things I have to tell you, but you are not able to bear them now.
John 17:13And now to You I am coming, and I speak these things in the Olam Hazeh that they may have my simcha made shleimah in themselves.
1 Corinthians 16:5And I will come to you whenever I pass through Macedonia, for I will be passing through Macedonia.
Philemon 1:22Also, this too, prepare a heimishe mekom linah (guest room, lodging place) for me, for I have the tikvah (hope) that through your tefillos I will be restored to you.
Hebrews 13:23Have da'as that our Ach b'Moshiach Timotiyos has been released, with whom if he comes shortly, I will see you.
Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:11-12
Caution against Seducers. ( a. d. 90.) 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. Here, I. Upon due warning given concerning seducers, the apostle gives direction concerning the treatment of such. They are not to be entertained as the ministers of Christ. The Lord Christ will distinguish them from such, and so would he have his disciples. The direction is negative. 1.… Read the whole commentary →