{"id":8215,"verse_id":"2JN.1.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":1,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"5","reference":"1.1","text":"All those who know the truth refers to true Christians who are holding fast to the apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents described in 1 John.","source_note_position":5,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A1/5"}
{"id":8216,"verse_id":"2JN.1.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":4,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"1.4","text":"Living according to the truth ( Grk “walking in [the] truth”). The use of the Greek verb περιπατέω ( peripatew ) to refer to conduct or lifestyle is common in the NT (see 1 John 1:6 , 3 John 3-4 , as well as numerous times in Paul. Here the phrase refers to conduct that results when a person has “truth” residing within, and possibly alludes to the indwelling Spirit of Truth (see 2 John 2 ). In the specific context of 2 John the phrase refers to true Christians who are holding fast to an apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents’ challenge to orthodoxy.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A4/2"}
{"id":8217,"verse_id":"2JN.1.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":5,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"1.5","text":"An allusion to John 13:34-35 , 1 John 2:7-8 .","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A5/3"}
{"id":8218,"verse_id":"2JN.1.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":5,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"5","reference":"1.5","text":"See 1 John 2:7 .","source_note_position":5,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A5/5"}
{"id":8219,"verse_id":"2JN.1.7","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":7,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"5","reference":"1.7","text":"The statement This person is the Deceiver and the Antichrist! is a metaphor (metonymy). The author does not mean that each individual is to be identified as the Antichrist. The opponents are compared to the Deceiver (Satan) and the Antichrist since they are accomplishing Satan’s work and preparing the way for the Antichrist.","source_note_position":5,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A7/5"}
{"id":8220,"verse_id":"2JN.1.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":8,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"1.8","text":"The things we have worked for probably refers to the pastoral and missionary efforts undertaken by the recipients of the letter in their own community and surrounding communities. This work would be “lost” if the opponents with their false teaching are allowed to proselytize unopposed.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A8/1"}
{"id":8221,"verse_id":"2JN.1.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":8,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"1.8","text":"The idea of a reward for Christians who serve faithfully is not common in the Johannine writings, but can be found in Rev 11:18 and 22:12 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A8/2"}
{"id":8222,"verse_id":"2JN.1.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":9,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"1.9","text":"The idiom translated have God means to have a relationship to God as a genuine believer. The phrase has both the Father and the Son later in this verse should be understood the same way.","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A9/4"}
{"id":8223,"verse_id":"2JN.1.10","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":10,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"1.10","text":"Do not give him any greeting does not mean to insult the person. It means “do not greet the person as a fellow Christian” (which is impossible anyway since the opponents are not genuine believers in the author’s opinion).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A10/1"}
{"id":8224,"verse_id":"2JN.1.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":11,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"1.11","text":"Shares in his evil deeds. Giving a public greeting could be understood by an onlooker to suggest agreement with the (false) teaching of the opponents and is thus prohibited by John.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A11/1"}
{"id":8225,"verse_id":"2JN.1.12","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"2JN","chapter":1,"verse":12,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"1.12","text":"Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter ( with paper and ink ).","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/2%20John%201%3A12/3"}