2 John
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Second John is a brief letter warning a church against showing hospitality to false teachers who deny Christ's incarnation. It balances truth and love as essential marks of Christian community.
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Did You Know?
- The shortest book in the Bible by word count (13 verses)
- Addressed to 'the elect lady' - possibly a church or individual
- Warns against showing hospitality to false teachers
- Contains 'walking in truth' as its central theme
- John identifies himself as 'the elder'
- Emphasizes that love and truth must go together
- Only 1 chapter with 245 words in Greek
- Warns that deceivers deny Christ came in the flesh
- Contains 'look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought'
- One of the most personal letters in the NT