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2 Johannes 1:3

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3 Genade, barmhartigheid, vrede zij met ulieden van God den Vader, en van den Heere Jezus Christus, den Zoon des Vaders, in waarheid en liefde.

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 De ouderling aan de uitverkoren vrouwe en aan haar kinderen, die ik in waarheid liefheb, en niet alleen ik, maar ook allen, die de waarheid gekend hebben;
2 Om der waarheid wil, die in ons blijft, en met ons zal zijn in der eeuwigheid:
3 Genade, barmhartigheid, vrede zij met ulieden van God den Vader, en van den Heere Jezus Christus, den Zoon des Vaders, in waarheid en liefde.
4 Ik ben zeer verblijd geweest, dat ik van uw kinderen gevonden heb, die in de waarheid wandelen, gelijk wij een gebod ontvangen hebben van den Vader.
5 En nu bid ik u, uitverkoren vrouwe, niet als u schrijvende een nieuw gebod, maar hetgeen wij gehad hebben van den beginne, namelijk dat wij elkander liefhebben.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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