Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords
2 John,1,1,"All those who know the truth will love the church","ALL,CHURCH,KNOW,LOVE,TRUTH,WHO"
2 John,1,1,"If a person does not love the church then they have not known the truth and do not know God","CHURCH,DO,GOD,IF,KNOW,KNOWN,LOVE,NOT,PERSON,TRUTH"
2 John,1,1,"It's not a sin to hide during times of persecution, or to deliberately be cryptic in order to protect others","DELIBERATELY,DURING,HIDE,NOT,ORDER,PERSECUTION,PROTECT,SIN,TIMES"
2 John,1,1,"John calls the church 'the elect', which is a reference to our election of God; the Lord has chosen us","CALLS,CHOSEN,CHURCH,ELECT,ELECTION,GOD,JOHN,LORD,OUR,REFERENCE,WHICH"
2 John,1,1,"John deeply valued the truth and based his love for others in it","BASED,DEEPLY,HIS,JOHN,LOVE,TRUTH,VALUED"
2 John,1,1,"John loved the church in the truth","CHURCH,JOHN,LOVED,TRUTH"
2 John,1,1,"John makes a reference to predestination in the very first verse of this book","BOOK,FIRST,JOHN,MAKES,PREDESTINATION,REFERENCE,VERSE"
2 John,1,1,"John refers to the church as a lady (which is a reference to the fact the church is the bride of Christ)","BRIDE,CHRIST,CHURCH,FACT,JOHN,LADY,REFERENCE,REFERS,WHICH"
2 John,1,1,"The book of 2 John was written by the apostle John, who referred to himself as 'the elder' (probably because he wrote it near the end of his life, when he was quite old)","APOSTLE,BECAUSE,BOOK,ELDER,END,HE,HIMSELF,HIS,JOHN,LIFE,NEAR,OLD,REFERRED,WHEN,WHO,WRITTEN,WROTE"
2 John,1,1,"The fact that John doesn't name the church makes me wonder if that church was undergoing severe persecution and John didn't want to risk naming them","CHURCH,FACT,IF,JOHN,MAKES,NAME,PERSECUTION,RISK,SEVERE,WANT,WONDER"
2 John,1,1,"This book is addressed to 'the elect lady and her children', which is a cryptic reference to the church.","ADDRESSED,BOOK,CHILDREN,CHURCH,ELECT,HER,LADY,REFERENCE,WHICH"
2 John,1,2,"Since no genuine believer can fall away and be lost, all genuine believers will always have the truth","ALL,ALWAYS,AWAY,BELIEVER,BELIEVERS,CAN,FALL,GENUINE,LOST,NO,SINCE,TRUTH"
2 John,1,2,"The fact that the truth will be with us forever is a reference to 'one saved always saved'; if the truth is with us forever then we cannot lose it, which means all genuine believers are safe and can never lose their salvation","ALL,ALWAYS,BELIEVERS,CAN,CANNOT,FACT,FOREVER,GENUINE,IF,LOSE,MEANS,NEVER,ONE,REFERENCE,SAFE,SALVATION,SAVED,TRUTH,WHICH"
2 John,1,2,"The Lord will be with all genuine believers forever","ALL,BELIEVERS,FOREVER,GENUINE,LORD"
2 John,1,2,"The truth (of the gospel, and the Holy Spirit himself) dwells inside all genuine believers","ALL,BELIEVERS,DWELLS,GENUINE,GOSPEL,HIMSELF,HOLY,INSIDE,SPIRIT,TRUTH"
2 John,1,2,"Those who appear to have had the truth but then fell away never actually had it at all","ACTUALLY,ALL,APPEAR,AWAY,FELL,NEVER,TRUTH,WHO"
2 John,1,3,"Grace, mercy, and peace are gifts that come from God the Father and God the Son","COME,FATHER,GIFTS,GOD,GRACE,MERCY,PEACE,SON"
2 John,1,3,"Jesus is our Lord; we are to submit to Him and obey His commands","COMMANDS,HIM,HIS,JESUS,LORD,OBEY,OUR,SUBMIT"
2 John,1,3,"Jesus is the divine Son of God","DIVINE,GOD,JESUS,SON"
2 John,1,3,"Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ); He is the lamb of God who came to take away the sins of the world","AWAY,CHRIST,GOD,HE,JESUS,LAMB,MESSIAH,SINS,TAKE,WHO,WORLD"
2 John,1,3,"John wanted the church to experience peace, not pain and persecution","CHURCH,EXPERIENCE,JOHN,NOT,PAIN,PEACE,PERSECUTION,WANTED"
2 John,1,3,"The apostle John prayed that the church would have grace, mercy, and peace","APOSTLE,CHURCH,GRACE,JOHN,MERCY,PEACE,PRAYED"
2 John,1,3,"The apostle John wanted the grace, mercy, and peace of the church to be grounded on truth and love, not in sin or pragmatism or compromise","APOSTLE,CHURCH,COMPROMISE,GRACE,GROUNDED,JOHN,LOVE,MERCY,NOT,PEACE,PRAGMATISM,SIN,TRUTH,WANTED"
2 John,1,3,"Truth and love must go hand in hand","GO,HAND,LOVE,MUST,TRUTH"
2 John,1,4,"It is not enough to just hear the truth; we must walk in it as well","HEAR,JUST,MUST,NOT,TRUTH,WALK"
2 John,1,4,"John believed that it is a cause for great rejoicing when the church walks in the truth","BELIEVED,CAUSE,CHURCH,GREAT,JOHN,REJOICING,TRUTH,WALKS,WHEN"
2 John,1,4,"John wanted the church to walk in the truth, not in pragmatism or compromise or a love for this world","CHURCH,COMPROMISE,JOHN,LOVE,NOT,PRAGMATISM,TRUTH,WALK,WANTED,WORLD"
2 John,1,4,"The Father has commanded His church to walk in the truth","CHURCH,COMMANDED,FATHER,HIS,TRUTH,WALK"
2 John,1,4,"The truth must be of paramount importance to the church","CHURCH,IMPORTANCE,MUST,TRUTH"
2 John,1,4,"The truth must be something that we greatly value","GREATLY,MUST,SOMETHING,TRUTH,VALUE"
2 John,1,4,"The truth must change how we live our lives","CHANGE,LIVE,LIVES,MUST,OUR,TRUTH"
2 John,1,4,"The truth should be a priority to the church","CHURCH,SHOULD,TRUTH"
2 John,1,4,"We should rejoice when others walk in the truth, and we should strive to teach others the truth and show them how to walk in it","REJOICE,SHOULD,SHOW,STRIVE,TEACH,TRUTH,WALK,WHEN"
2 John,1,5,"John commanded the people in the church to love one another","ANOTHER,CHURCH,COMMANDED,JOHN,LOVE,ONE,PEOPLE"
2 John,1,5,"John refers to the church as a lady (for it is the bride of Christ)","BRIDE,CHRIST,CHURCH,JOHN,LADY,REFERS"
2 John,1,5,"The church must be characterized by both truth and love","CHARACTERIZED,CHURCH,LOVE,MUST,TRUTH"
2 John,1,5,"The commandment to love one another is not something new; it was there from the very beginning","ANOTHER,BEGINNING,COMMANDMENT,LOVE,NEW,NOT,ONE,SOMETHING,THERE"
2 John,1,6,"All believers must love one another, and that love must be demonstrated through obedience to God's commandments","ALL,ANOTHER,BELIEVERS,COMMANDMENTS,DEMONSTRATED,GOD,LOVE,MUST,OBEDIENCE,ONE"
2 John,1,6,"It is not enough to know the commandments; we must walk in them as well","COMMANDMENTS,KNOW,MUST,NOT,WALK"
2 John,1,6,"Love is obedience to God","GOD,LOVE,OBEDIENCE"
2 John,1,6,"The commandment to love one another was given to us in the very beginning","ANOTHER,BEGINNING,COMMANDMENT,GIVEN,LOVE,ONE"
2 John,1,6,"The commandments of God are the embodiment of love; they show us what true love is and how it works","COMMANDMENTS,GOD,LOVE,SHOW,TRUE,WHAT,WORKS"
2 John,1,6,"The definition of love is to walk in the commandments of God","COMMANDMENTS,DEFINITION,GOD,LOVE,WALK"
2 John,1,6,"Those who do not obey God's commandments do not have love and are not displaying love","COMMANDMENTS,DO,GOD,LOVE,NOT,OBEY,WHO"
2 John,1,6,"Walking in the commandments of God is not optional","COMMANDMENTS,GOD,NOT,OPTIONAL,WALKING"
2 John,1,7,"The apostle John believed that the doctrine about the person of Jesus was of supreme importance; those who got it wrong were called deceivers and antichrists","ANTICHRISTS,APOSTLE,BELIEVED,CALLED,DECEIVERS,DOCTRINE,IMPORTANCE,JESUS,JOHN,PERSON,SUPREME,WHO,WRONG"
2 John,1,7,"The church must be on guard against the many people in this world who try to deceive others about the nature of Jesus","AGAINST,CHURCH,DECEIVE,GUARD,JESUS,MANY,MUST,NATURE,PEOPLE,TRY,WHO,WORLD"
2 John,1,7,"The world is full of deceivers","DECEIVERS,FULL,WORLD"
2 John,1,7,"Those who deny that Jesus is the Messiah are deceivers","DECEIVERS,DENY,JESUS,MESSIAH,WHO"
2 John,1,7,"Those who deny the deity of Jesus are deceivers","DECEIVERS,DEITY,DENY,JESUS,WHO"
2 John,1,7,"Those who deny the humanity of Jesus are deceivers","DECEIVERS,DENY,JESUS,WHO"
2 John,1,7,"Those who deny what the Bible teaches about Jesus are antichrists (in that they are opposed to the Christ)","ANTICHRISTS,BIBLE,CHRIST,DENY,JESUS,OPPOSED,TEACHES,WHAT,WHO"
2 John,1,7,"Those who deny what the Bible teaches about Jesus are deceivers","BIBLE,DECEIVERS,DENY,JESUS,TEACHES,WHAT,WHO"
2 John,1,8,"John believed it was a tragedy when Heavenly rewards were lost","BELIEVED,HEAVENLY,JOHN,LOST,REWARDS,WHEN"
2 John,1,8,"John believed that being deceived by false doctrine could cost people their Heavenly rewards","BEING,BELIEVED,COST,DECEIVED,DOCTRINE,FALSE,HEAVENLY,JOHN,PEOPLE,REWARDS"
2 John,1,8,"John believed that Heavenly rewards were worth having and striving for","BELIEVED,HEAVENLY,JOHN,REWARDS,STRIVING,WORTH"
2 John,1,8,"John believed that some people would lose Heavenly rewards","BELIEVED,HEAVENLY,JOHN,LOSE,PEOPLE,REWARDS,SOME"
2 John,1,8,"John believed that we should strive to earn Heavenly rewards","BELIEVED,EARN,HEAVENLY,JOHN,REWARDS,SHOULD,STRIVE"
2 John,1,8,"John commanded people to be careful so that they were not deceived by false doctrine","CAREFUL,COMMANDED,DECEIVED,DOCTRINE,FALSE,JOHN,NOT,PEOPLE"
2 John,1,8,"John did not believe it was materialistic or unspiritual to be motivated by Heavenly rewards","BELIEVE,HEAVENLY,JOHN,MOTIVATED,NOT,REWARDS"
2 John,1,8,"John did not believe it was possible for a genuine Christian to fall away and lose his salvation, but he did believe that we could lose out on rewards","AWAY,BELIEVE,CHRISTIAN,FALL,GENUINE,HE,HIS,JOHN,LOSE,NOT,POSSIBLE,REWARDS,SALVATION"
2 John,1,9,"John believed that doctrine and truth were extremely important","BELIEVED,DOCTRINE,EXTREMELY,IMPORTANT,JOHN,TRUTH"
2 John,1,9,"The only way to the Father is through the Son","FATHER,ONLY,SON"
2 John,1,9,"Those who have faith in Jesus and abide in Him have both Jesus and His Father","ABIDE,FAITH,FATHER,HIM,HIS,JESUS,WHO"
2 John,1,9,"Those who have the Son have the Father; those who reject the Son do not have the Father either","DO,FATHER,NOT,REJECT,SON,WHO"
2 John,1,9,"Those who reject the Bible's doctrines about Christ (His person, His work, His death and resurrection) do not have God and are not saved","BIBLE,CHRIST,DEATH,DO,DOCTRINES,GOD,HIS,NOT,PERSON,REJECT,RESURRECTION,SAVED,WHO,WORK"
2 John,1,9,"Those who reject what the Bible teaches about Jesus are unsaved transgressors","BIBLE,JESUS,REJECT,TEACHES,TRANSGRESSORS,UNSAVED,WHAT,WHO"
2 John,1,10,"If the church does partner with those who reject some aspect of what the Bible teaches about Jesus then the church becomes guilty of sin, for it is helping antichrists","ANTICHRISTS,BECOMES,BIBLE,CHURCH,GUILTY,HELPING,IF,JESUS,PARTNER,REJECT,SIN,SOME,TEACHES,WHAT,WHO"
2 John,1,10,"It is not kindness when the church forms alliances with non-Christian groups; it is a terrible sin in the sight of God","ALLIANCES,CHURCH,GOD,GROUPS,KINDNESS,NOT,SIGHT,SIN,TERRIBLE,WHEN"
2 John,1,10,"John taught that the church must never partner with those who reject any of the doctrines of Jesus; the church must not receive them or help them in any way","ANY,CHURCH,DOCTRINES,HELP,JESUS,JOHN,MUST,NEVER,NOT,PARTNER,RECEIVE,REJECT,TAUGHT,WHO"
2 John,1,10,"The church must reject all those who reject the Bible's teachings about Jesus","ALL,BIBLE,CHURCH,JESUS,MUST,REJECT,TEACHINGS,WHO"
2 John,1,10,"Those who deceive others about the nature of Christ are committing evil deeds, and those who aid them in any way become partakers in those evil deeds","AID,ANY,BECOME,CHRIST,COMMITTING,DECEIVE,DEEDS,EVIL,NATURE,PARTAKERS,WHO"
2 John,1,11,"The church must not be a partaker of evil by giving aid to those who are leading people away from Christ","AID,AWAY,CHRIST,CHURCH,EVIL,GIVING,LEADING,MUST,NOT,PARTAKER,PEOPLE,WHO"
2 John,1,11,"The church must take a firm stand against all those who deny the Biblical doctrines about Christ","AGAINST,ALL,BIBLICAL,CHRIST,CHURCH,DENY,DOCTRINES,FIRM,MUST,STAND,TAKE,WHO"
2 John,1,11,"The Lord even holds us accountable for our words (such as bidding those who are anti-Christ 'godspeed')","ACCOUNTABLE,ANTI-CHRIST,BIDDING,HOLDS,LORD,OUR,WHO,WORDS"
2 John,1,12,"John believed that personal visits to the churches were a cause for great joy","BELIEVED,CAUSE,CHURCHES,GREAT,JOHN,JOY,PERSONAL,VISITS"
2 John,1,12,"John wanted to visit the church so that he could speak to them face to face","CHURCH,FACE,HE,JOHN,SPEAK,VISIT,WANTED"
2 John,1,12,"John wrote his letters with paper and ink","HIS,INK,JOHN,LETTERS,PAPER,WROTE"
2 John,1,12,"The apostle John had many things to tell the church, but he preferred to do it in person instead of by letter","APOSTLE,CHURCH,DO,HE,INSTEAD,JOHN,LETTER,MANY,PERSON,PREFERRED,TELL,THINGS"
2 John,1,13,"John believed that sending greetings in letters was a meaningful thing to do","BELIEVED,DO,GREETINGS,JOHN,LETTERS,MEANINGFUL,SENDING,THING"
2 John,1,13,"John closed his letter with 'amen' (let it be)","AMEN,CLOSED,HIS,JOHN,LET,LETTER"
2 John,1,13,"John opened his letter with a reference to election (predestination) and he closed it with one as well","CLOSED,ELECTION,HE,HIS,JOHN,LETTER,ONE,OPENED,PREDESTINATION,REFERENCE"
2 John,1,13,"John sent greetings to the church from 'thy elect sister', which may have been a reference to a different sister church or even perhaps the Jews","CHURCH,DIFFERENT,ELECT,GREETINGS,JEWS,JOHN,PERHAPS,REFERENCE,SENT,SISTER,WHICH"
2 John,1,13,"John was clear about the doctrine he was teaching, but he was cryptic about the identities of the individuals involved, most likely to protect them in times of persecution; this was not seen as being fearful or lacking courage","BEING,CLEAR,COURAGE,DOCTRINE,FEARFUL,HE,INDIVIDUALS,INVOLVED,JOHN,LACKING,LIKELY,NOT,PERSECUTION,PROTECT,SEEN,TEACHING,TIMES"
2 John,1,13,"There is nothing wrong with keeping things short","KEEPING,NOTHING,SHORT,THERE,THINGS,WRONG"