2 John 1:3
Grace be with you, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of the Father, with trueth and loue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2For the trueths sake which dwelleth in vs, and shalbe with vs for euer:
Cross References
Zechariah 8:19Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, The fast of the fourth moneth, and the fast of the fift, and the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Iudah ioy and gladnes, and prosperous hie feasts: therefore loue the trueth and peace.
Galatians 5:6For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
1 Timothy 1:14But the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and loue, which is in Christ Iesus.
1 John 2:23Whosoeuer denyeth the Sonne, the same hath not the Father.
2 John 1:1THE ELDER to the elect Lady, and her children, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all that haue knowen the trueth,
Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:2-5
Salutation. ( a. d. 90.) 1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. Ancient epistles began, as… Read the whole commentary →