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Othersbelievethisreferenceissimplytoalocalchurchandits |$ members.Tospeakofachurchunderthefigureofa"Ladyandher 4 Children"isinnosenseunlikely.Ifthe"chosenlady"isafigurativeway  ofdesignatingaparticularchurch,thenthe"chosensister"ofv.13would L meanadifferentchurch,or"sister"congregation. \   Perhapsasonewriterhasputit,"theproblemoftheaddressis t  insolublewithourpresentknowledge." ,! HH Backgroundof2ndJohn: ThefalsephilosophyofGnosticismandits t$ teachersisstillthemajorproblemwithwhichthisepistlesdeals.This ,% secondepistlehadmoretodowiththepracticalsideoftherightattitudeto <& taketowardTruth,falsedoctrine,falseteachersandfaithfulbrethren. '   Johnwritestowarnthisdearsister(orcongregation)againsthavingher d ) hospitalitytakenadvantageofbythefalseteacherscirculatingintheregion * (vs.911). |+ HH PurposeandContentsof2ndJohn: 󀀀 !.   1)  Johnexpressesjoyinfindingher"children"walkinginthetruthas !|/ theyhadbeencommandedofGod.Thiswasacauseofjoywhensomany "4 0 werebeingledastraybyfalseteachers.Theyhadbeentaughttolovethe D# 1 truth(2Thess.2:1012).Thattruthhadtobediscernedandtheymust #!2 continuetowalkinitlesttheylosethosethingsalreadyaccomplishedsuch $\"3 astheirforgivenessfromsinandthehopeofeternallife(vs.89)thattheir X joymightbemadefull(v.12).  HH  2)Johnalsoexhortstowalkinlove(v.5).Truthnotonlytaughtthem  toloveGodandHistruthbutthatwalkingalsorequiredwalkinginlove p (v.6).TheirlovehadtoincludelovingoneanotherbecausetheylovedGod ( andHistruth. 8 HH  3)Johnwarnsthatmanyfalseteacherswholovedonlyselfhadcome 8 intotheworldandhadtobewithstoodandavoidedlesttheyloseallthey   hadwrought(vs.78). P  HH  4)DoctrinemustbelimitedtothetruthofChristandwedarenotgo  P  beyondforthatwouldseparatedusfrombothGodandChrist(v.9).The `   "doctrineofChrist"hereisnotthe"doctrineaboutChrist"revealedinthe   Gospel(objectivegenitive)butthedoctrineemanatingfromHimand  x  belongingtohim(subjectivegenitive)orthedoctrinewhichwetaught.To  0  gobeyondthatforfeitsallconnectionwithbothGodandChrist(Gal.1:6 @  12;2Cor.4:13;1Cor.4:6).   HH  5)AdherencetothetruthrevealedbyChristmeantrejecting,refusing   tofellowshipbyencouragingorsupportingthoseteacherswhoteachany X  otherdoctrine.Whenwefellowshipfalseteacherswebecomeasguiltyas h theyofdisloyaltytothetruth(vs.1011).   HH  6)Johnclosestheepistlewiththehopethathemightagainseethem   facetofacetofurtherteachandencouragethemandwithasalutationfrom  otherChristiansinasistercongregationtothem(v.12). 8    ThirdJohn  `   Thethirdletter,liketheothertwo,dealswiththeirlovefortheLord, ,  HisWord,andtheirloveforoneanotherfromaverypracticalpointof <! view.AllofJohn'sepistlesdrawasharplineofdistinctionbetweentruth " anderror,lightanddarkness,andloveandhatred. T# HH Recipientof3rdJohn: Thisisaverypersonalletteraddressedto"Gaius, & thebelovedwhomIloveinthetruth"(v.1).WedonotknowwhichGaius T' thismaybe(cf.Acts19:29;20:4;Rom.16:23;1Cor.1:14).Someearly d ( writersmentionaGaius,notreferredtointhescriptures,whohadbeen ) ordaineda"bishop"of_Pergamos_ԀbyJohnbutwedonotknowthatsuchis |* reliable. 4+  Message: Theletterfocusesonshowinghospitalityandgivingsupportto - thosetravelingevangelistswhowerefaithfullypreachingthetruth.Gaius  \. hadreceivedthemwithhospitalitywhile_Diotrephes_,aselfassertiveleader l!/ inoneofthechurches,hadrefusedtoreceivethem.WhetherGaiusand $"0 _Diotrephes_Ԁweremembersofthesamecongregationorsistercongregations " 1 isunknown #