The Meaning of 2 John 1:13 Explained

2 John 1:13

KJV: The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

YLT: salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.

Darby: The children of thine elect sister greet thee.

ASV: The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 John 1:13?

MEANING: What does 2 John 1:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 John 1:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 John 1:13?

What is the context of 2 John 1:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

What does 2 John 1:13 Mean?

Verse Meaning

John evidently meant that the Christians in the sister church of which he was a member sent their greetings along with his own to his readers.

Context Summary

2 John 1:1-13 - Walking In Truth

This exquisite letter, a model of old-world correspondence, was probably written when the Apostle was the guest of the nephews of the lady addressed. The Epistle revolves around the two words, love and truth, which were the poles of his life. When Christ is in us, not only are we true in judgment and speech, but we recognize truth wherever it is to be found. No horizon bounds the vision of the true and truth-loving soul. Be true and loving, and you will have a rich heritage of grace, mercy, and peace. Love is best shown by obedience. 2 John 1:8 shows a pastor's anxiety. Don't go on without Christ or you will lose God, 2 John 1:9. Remember that love can be stern, 2 John 1:10.

The letter reveals the strength, purity, and love of the primitive Church. Let us put into our letters thoughts which will make them worth receiving and keeping. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 John 1

¹ He exhorts a certain honorable matron, with her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief,
⁸ lest they lose the reward of their former profession;
¹⁰ and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus

Greek Commentary for 2 John 1:13

Of thine elect sister [της αδελπης σου της εκλεκτης]
Same word εκλεκτη eklektē as in 2 John 1:1; Revelation 17:4. Apparently children of a deceased sister of the lady of 2 John 1:1 who lived in Ephesus and whom John knew as members of his church there. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 2 John 1:13

1 Peter 5:13 She that is in Babylon, elect together with you [η εν αβυλωνι συνεκλεκτη]
Either actual Babylon or, as most likely, mystical Babylon (Rome) as in the Apocalypse. If Peter is in Rome about a.d. 65, there is every reason why he should not make that fact plain to the world at large and least of all to Nero. It is also uncertain whether η συνεκλεκτη hē suneklektē (found here alone), “the co-elect woman,” means Peter‘s wife (1 Corinthians 9:5) or the church in “Babylon.” The natural way to take it is for Peter‘s wife. Cf. εκλεκτηι κυριαι eklektēi kuriāi in 2 John 1:1 (also verse 2 John 1:13). [source]

2 John 1:1 Children [τέκνοις]
May be taken either in a literal or in a spiritual sense. For the later, see 1Timothy href="/desk/?q=1ti+2:1-15&sr=1">1 Timothy 2:1-15; Galatians 4:25; 3 John 1:4. Compare also 2 John 1:4, 2 John 1:13. The explanation turns on the meaning of ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ . If it mean the Church, children will have the spiritual sense. If it be a proper name, the literal. [source]

What do the individual words in 2 John 1:13 mean?

Greet you the children of the sister of you - elect Amen

Ἀσπάζεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς ⧼Ἀμήν⧽

Ἀσπάζεταί	Greet
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπασπάζομαι Sense: to draw to one’s self.
τέκνα	children
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: τέκνον Sense: offspring, children.
τῆς	of the
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀδελφῆς	sister
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἀδελφή Sense: a full, own sister.
σου	of you
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular Root: σύ Sense: you.
τῆς	-
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἐκλεκτῆς	elect
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἐκλεκτός Sense: picked out, chosen.
⧼Ἀμήν⧽	Amen
Parse: Hebrew Word Root: ἀμήν Sense: firm.

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Similar Scriptures for 2 John 1:13

		1 Peter 5:13 [3]
		2 John 1:1-13 [3]