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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 John
Alfred Plummer [1841-1926] · 15,484 words · 19 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 2 John — Section 1
THE PULPIT CO M~IEN'f ARY! EDITJrn BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D. D., DEAN OF GWUOEBTER; 4NO BY 1'HE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. I I. JOHN. @xposftfon BY REV. A. PLUMMER, M.A., D.D., II ABTBB 01' Uli'IY &IISITY OOLLEGE, DlJBBAll. 1t1omf12tfcs BY REV. C. CLEMANCE, B.A., D.D. ~omflfes b11 1:Tarious ~utb…
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J obn, " the apostle of Io,•e;" it also occurs Ver. 6.-And thia ill love; l.e. the love repeatedly in this short letter. Truth and which the commandment enjoins consists Jo.-e ore noble and natural oompanions. in this-active and unremitting obedience. They must not be severed on earth any Just as in the sphere of th…
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equal oompreheueion of the truth, and an this kind come-and it is well known that equol affection for it. The etrong words of they do--<l.o not receive them or give them the apostle a.re the expreeeion of a glowing a welcome." It is of the utmost importoace oonv1ction. Our strong words a.re too often to remember tha…
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ink. It is 1Lstonishing th1Lt any one 11hould 4, to which J)Rlls&ge the &postle mlly here ho suppnse that interconree on p&per is here consciously referring. 'fhe.t we.e ever one oppr,sed to spiritual interconree : obviously me.in purpoPe of his tellohing-the perfect• it is opposed to eon!lef'sation. The elder ing o…
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He has found it in ChrisL. It is the "pearl of great price." And where the truth is received in, and is leavening a. family with its blessed influence, there is a. home on which the eye of the Christian pastor can look with a. loving gla<lae8R. II. OVER THIS FAMILY THE APOSTLE HELD THE OFFICE OF Pl\EBBYTER. (Ver. 1.)…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-3.-.An e:,;emplary Christian greeting. "The elder unto the elect lady and her children," etc. This address and salutation presents to us three chief topics for consideration. I. A. LADY OF SAINTLY CHA.11.ACTER AND DISTINGUISHED PRIVILEGE'. ,, The elder unto the elect lady and h…
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days love the truth for the lady's sake 1-I mean for sinister ends nnd by-respects. It is a blossed thing when religion, and the grace of God shining in the lives of Christians, is the special loadstone of our love and affection towards them" (Burkitt). JIJ, AN EXPRESSION OF A CONFIDENT WIS!I THAT OTHERS MAY ENJOY THE…
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their character and conduct. In both cases it is the voice of a Father, all-wise, gracious, ~upremely authoritative. Hie will is the rule of the godly life. II. THE EXEMl'LIFIOATION OF THE GODLY LIFE. "Walking in truth." "Walkina" is a term used to denote the life and conduct. "Walkiug in truth" is living "in accor…
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without truth. The combination of both is needful to the completeness of either in Christian character. Notice- I. 'l'HE OBLIGATION OF MUTUAL LOVE. It is commanded by God. "A commandment ... that we love one another. . . . 'l'his is the commandment, even as ye hearJ from the beginning, that ye should walk in it," i.e.…
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Yer. 7.-The exhwitwn and cond-emnation of heretics. "For many deceivers are entered into the world," et-0. Our text is ~et forth as a rea.son for the exhortation of vers. 5 and 6. "Walk in love-in that Jove whose condition is truth, because many deceivers are gone forth denying the truth." Notice- I. 'l'nE HERESY H…
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Ver. 8.-A summons to Relf-guardianRhip. "Look to yourselves, that we lnse not those things," etc. What is the first business of the Christian in relation to error? 'l'o oppose it? To denounce it? To expose it? Some at once rush to attack it, even before they are well acquainted with its character and tendency and po…
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tu the favour of our God. But the grace of God is oppos<1d neither to those la\vs 0f t.he humnn mind which point towards tbis diversity iu tho degree of tho rewards of tho faithful, nor to that Divine righteousness which points in the same direcUon. "For God. iR n?t unrighte?ns to forget your work," etc. (Heh. vi. 1…
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teRcher" (Alford), flA in John x. 4, "He goeth before them," etc. Ebrard explains it thus: "' He who in such a sense goes forward in knowledge as not to abide in the doctrine of Obrist, bath not God.' It is undeniable that reference is here made to the pretensions of the Gnostics, who always represented their doctrine …
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be loft to the few who have the ability to conduct it successfully. The wise course for the great majority of those who hold the truth is, first, to look to themselves (ver. 8), and next, to withhold all help and encouragement from the false teachers. St. John enjoins: (1) That we do not aid the teachers of false do…
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Vers. 12, 13.-0ommunications, written and oral. " Having many things to write unto you,'' etc. This is the conclusion of the letter; and it suggests several topics for meditation. I. THE EXCELLENCE OF WRITING AS A MEANS OF COMMUNIOATION. St. John speaks of writing "with paper and ink." Paper as we now have it was n…
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Vers. 1-3.-Salutation: I. INTRODUCTION. 1. .Address. "The elder unto the elect lady and her children." The writer of this Epistle was known as "the elder;" it clearly bears the Johannine mark. The principal receiver was "the elect lady." Some think that "a Church" is intended; but a mystical interpretation is not to be…
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and warmed by tbought.e of God's love. It is different when a house is occupied, 'J'hC're are signs of life, there is a feeling of warmth. And so is it with the soul when it, is lightoo up with God's truth and warmed with the influences of his Spirit. The truth is also said, very confidently, to be with us for ever.…
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are styled" deceivere," by which we are to understand that they were not only aside from tho truth in their teaching, but that they practised the art of deception in teaching what resembled Christianity while not actw.lly Christianity. It would have been morn honest to have openly denounced Christianity; but there w…
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1'BEHE PAGE TfIEHl! P.A.OE Au Apostolic Pastoral to a Christian A Summons to Self-Guardianship 11 Family 4 Man's True Relation to the Doctrine An Exemplary Christian Greeting ... The Rejoicing of the Good in the Ex- 6 of Christ 12 13 How to treat Heretics amplification of the Godly Life 7 Communications, Written a…
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