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2 John

Bible Difficulties
Commentary

John’s final two letters (2 and 3 John) are the shortest documents in the NT. 2 John is only 245 words in length, and it has been called a “postcard epistle.”

What is the purpose of 2 John? In his first letter, John stated that false teachers “went out” from the churches in Asia Minor (1 Jn. 2:19). These proto-Gnostic teachers must’ve been travelling from house to house in order to distort the faith of these genuine Christians. These men were set on “deceiving” the believers in these churches (1 Jn. 2:26; 3:7). The purpose of this letter is to tell house churches to guard themselves from proto-Gnostic false teachers.

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    Daniel L. Akin, 1, 2, 3 John, vol. 38, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001), 217.

About The Author
James Rochford

James earned a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, graduating magna cum laude. He is the founder of Evidence Unseen and the author of several books. James enjoys serving as a pastor at Dwell Community Church in Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and their two sons.