General letters and Revelation
2 John
A brief letter warning a church not to welcome false teachers, and calling them to love.
John calls himself “the elder” and writes to “the chosen lady and her children” (2 John 1), probably a local church.
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
Love is walking in his commandments. This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
2 John 1:6 (World English Bible)
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Dating notes
This timeline plots AD 92. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.