the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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2 John 1:3
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Grace: Romans 1:7, 1 Timothy 1:2
be: Gr. shall be
the Son: 1 John 2:23, 1 John 2:24, 1 John 4:10
in truth: 2 John 1:1, Zechariah 8:19, Galatians 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:14, 2 Timothy 1:13
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:14 - And God Numbers 6:23 - General Isaiah 53:11 - by his Acts 15:23 - greeting Galatians 1:3 - General 2 Peter 1:17 - God
Cross-References
See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; and he covereth the bottom of the sea.
Look, he spreads his light around him; And he covers the bottom of the sea.
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.
See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
"Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea.
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
Grace be with you, mercy [and] peace,.... This form of salutation, or wish and prayer for the blessings mentioned,
from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, is the same used by other apostles; see 1 Timothy 1:2 and
1 Timothy 1:2- :. Only it is added here with respect to Christ, that he is
the Son of the Father in truth and love; which is mentioned by the apostle to confirm the deity of Christ, which is plainly implied in wishing for the above things equally from him, as from the Father; and to oppose and confront some heretics of those times, who denied the true and proper sonship of Christ; and therefore he calls him, "the Son of the Father", the only begotten of the Father; and that "in truth", or truly and properly, and not in a figurative and metaphorical sense, as magistrates are called the sons of God, and children of the most High, by reason of their office; but so is not Christ, he is God's own Son, in a true, proper, and natural sense: and he is so "in love"; he is his well beloved Son, his dear Son, the Son of his love; as he cannot otherwise be; since he is not only the image of him, but of the same nature, and has the same perfections with him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Grace be unto you ... - See the notes at Romans 1:7. This salutation does not differ from those commonly employed by the sacred writers, except in the emphasis which is placed on the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is “the Son of the Father.” This is much in the style of John, in all of whose writings he dwells much on the fact that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, and on the importance of recognizing that fact in order to the possession of true religion. Compare 1 John 2:22-23; 1Jo 4:15; 1 John 5:1-2, 1 John 5:10-12, 1 John 5:20.
In truth and love - This phrase is not to be connected with the expression “the Son of the Father,” as if it meant that he was his Son “in truth and love,” but is rather to be connected with the “grace, mercy, and peace” referred to, as a prayer that they might be manifested to this family in promoting truth and love.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 John 1:3. Grace be with you — This is addressed to her, her household, and probably that part of the Church which was more immediately under her care.
The Son of the Father — The apostle still keeps in view the miraculous conception of Christ; a thing which the Gnostics absolutely denied; a doctrine which is at the ground work of our salvation.
