Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 John 1:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
Their love is grounded in the truth that lives among them and endures.
Read It With
- 2 John 1:1–3
Read verses 1–3 together. Verse 2 begins with 'For' and explains the truth-grounded love in verse 1 before the greeting reaches grace, mercy, and peace in verse 3.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 2 is a reason clause: without verse 1, the reader loses what 'for the truth's sake' explains; without verse 3, the letter's truth-and-love greeting remains incomplete.
Read 2 John 1:1–3 together
Why these verses belong together: Sender, recipients, enduring ground, and blessing form the conventional and theological greeting.
Verse 1. 1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Verse 2. 2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
Verse 3. 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 John 1:1–3 — The Elder Greets a Beloved Lady and Her ChildrenSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? very strong
Where care is needed
Some witnesses omit the opening repeated truth phrase, but the unit's meaning remains substantially the same.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The pinned KJV wording, paragraph boundaries, and supplied-word markup for 2 John 1:1–3.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, 2JN.usfm, 2 John 1:1–3; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the shared library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording and sentence relationships for 2 John 1:1–3.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/2John.txt, 2 John 1:1–3.
Open the 2 John Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible: 2 John 1 — translator, study, and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press / Bible.org, NET Second Edition web notes
Supports: Translation choices, textual variants, grammatical relationships, and identified interpretive alternatives used in this unit.
Exact location: NET Bible, 2 John 1, translator, study, and textual notes 1–8 attached to 2 John 1:1–3.
Open source ↗