2 John 1:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

2 John 1:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John 2:14
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
2 Peter 1:12
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

Ancient epistles began, as here, with salutation and good wishes: religion consecrates, as far as may be, old forms, and turns compliments into real expressions of life and love. Here we have, as usually, I. The saluter, not expressed by name, but by a chosen character: The elder. The expression, and style, and love, intimate that the penman was the same with that of the foregoing epistle; he is n…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. For the truth’s sake--joined with “I love,” 2Jo 1. “They who love in the truth, also love on account of the truth.” dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever--in consonance with Christ’s promise.