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2 Johannes 1:3

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3 Es wird mit euch sein Gnade, Barmherzigkeit, Friede von Gott, dem Vater, und von dem Herrn Jesus Christus, dem Sohne des Vaters, in Wahrheit und Liebe.

2 Johannes 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 John 1:3

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 ) ( Jude 1:2 ) and (See Gill on Romans 1:7). 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.

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2 Johannes 1:3 In-Context

1 Der Älteste der auserwählten Frau und ihren Kindern, die ich liebe in der Wahrheit; und nicht ich allein, sondern auch alle, welche die Wahrheit erkannt haben,
2 um der Wahrheit willen, die in uns bleibt und mit uns sein wird in Ewigkeit.
3 Es wird mit euch sein Gnade, Barmherzigkeit, Friede von Gott, dem Vater, und von dem Herrn Jesus Christus, dem Sohne des Vaters, in Wahrheit und Liebe.
4 Ich freute mich sehr, daß ich einige von deinen Kindern in der Wahrheit wandelnd gefunden habe, wie wir von dem Vater ein Gebot empfangen haben.
5 Und nun bitte ich dich, Frau, nicht als ob ich ein neues Gebot dir schriebe, sondern das, welches wir von Anfang gehabt haben: daß wir einander lieben sollen.
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