2 John
It's tiny, but 2 John set an important principle: extending welcome and fellowship to false teachers makes you part of what they're doing.
Read this if you…
- curious about the shortest book in the Bible (13 verses)
- want a quick read about hospitality and not letting heretics into your house
- like terse, blunt early-church instructions in letter form
Skip this if you…
- don't want to read explicitly religious/Christian texts
Why It Matters
It's tiny, but 2 John set an important principle: extending welcome and fellowship to false teachers makes you part of what they're doing. Christian hospitality has doctrinal limits, and this is where that gets stated.
Recommended Editions
King James Version
Cambridge University Press · 1611
The most influential and commonly quoted translation in English. The prose rhythm everyone else is responding to, even modern translations.
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Deep Dive
What It's About
This summary gives away plot details.
Notable Quotes
“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.”
“If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:”
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