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This passage from 2 John 1-6 conveys the elder's love for the elect lady and her children, emphasizing the importance of truth, love, and obedience to God's commandments. It reflects the divine choice and sanctification of believers.
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2 John 1-6 “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; For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us…
2 John 1-6 …for ever. 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. I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in…
2 John 1-6 …truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning…
2 John 1-6 …that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it”
1 Pet 5:1 “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed”
3 John 1 “The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.”
2 John 5 “And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another’
2 John 13 “The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen”
“elect” = Greek Lexicon 1588 eklektos {ek-lek-tos‘} picked out, chosen, chosen by God, to obtain salvation through Christ, Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God
Eph 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him…
Eph 1:3-4 …before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”
1 Thes 1:3-4 “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God”
2 Thes 2:13-14 “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit…
2 Thes 2:13-14 …and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ”
1 Pet 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied”
2 John 1 “The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth”
1 Pet 1:22 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently”
1 Pet 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever”
1 John 3:18 “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth”
3 John 1 “The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth” 2 John 1:1 “The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth”
1 Pet 5:8-9 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that…
1 Pet 5:8-9 …the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world”
John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”
Gal 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”
Gal 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
2 Thes 2:13-14 “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
2 Thes 2:13-14 …sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ”
1 Tim 2:4 “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”
Heb 10:26 “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins”
2 John 2 “For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever”
1 Cor 9:23 “And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you”
2 Cor 4:5 “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake”
John 15:7 “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you”
Col 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord”
1 John 2:14 “I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men…
1 John 2:14 …because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one”
“grace” “mercy” “peace” “truth” “love”
2 John 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”
Rom 1:7 “To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ”
Zech 8:19 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the…
Zech 8:19 …tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace”