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2 John 10-12
New English Translation
2 John 10-12
New English Translation
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,[a] 11 because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds.[b]
Conclusion
12 Though I have many other[c] things to write to you, I do not want to do so with[d] paper and ink,[e] but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face,[f] so that our joy may be complete.
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- 2 John 1:10 sn Do not give him any greeting does not mean to insult the person. It means “do not greet the person as a fellow Christian” (which is impossible anyway since the opponents are not genuine believers in the author’s opinion).
- 2 John 1:11 sn Shares in his evil deeds. Giving a public greeting could be understood by an onlooker to suggest agreement with the (false) teaching of the opponents and is thus prohibited by John.
- 2 John 1:12 tn “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.
- 2 John 1:12 tn Grk “by means of.”
- 2 John 1:12 sn Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink).
- 2 John 1:12 tn Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face-to-face.”
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