2 John 1 · Verse 3

2 John 1:3

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.
2 John 1:3, King James Version

2 John 1:3 in other translations

BSBGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.
WEBGrace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
ASVGrace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
YLTthere shall be with you grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
DARBYGrace shall be with you, mercy, peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
BBEMay grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.
WebsterGrace 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.

What does 2 John 1:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Grace be with you--One of the oldest manuscripts and several versions have "us" for you. The Greek is literally, "Grace shall be with us," that is, with both you and me. A prayer, however, is implied besides a confident affirmation. grace ... mercy ... peace--"Grace" covers the sins of men; "mercy," their miseries. Grace must first do away with man's guilt before his misery can be relieved by mercy. Therefore grace stands before mercy. Peace is the result of both, and therefore stands third in order. Casting all our care on the Lord, with thanksgiving, maintains this peace. the Lord--The oldest manuscripts and most of the oldest versions omit "the Lord." John never elsewhere uses this title in his Epistles, but "the Son of God." in truth and love--The element or sphere in which alone grace, mercy, and peace, have place. He mentions truth in 2Jo 4; love, in 2Jo 5. Paul uses FAITH and love; for faith and truth are close akin.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 3. Grace be unto you. etc, Rom 1:7. This salutation does not differ from those commonly employed by the sacred writers, except in the emphasis which is placed on the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is "the Son of the Father." This is much in the style of John, in all of whose writings he dwells much on the fact that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, and on the importance of reconising that fact in order to the possession of true religion. Comp. 1Jn 2:22,23; 4:15; 5:1,2,10-12, 20.

In truth and love. This phrase is not to be connected with the expression "the Son of the Father." as if it meant that he was ms Son "in truth and love," but is rather to be connected with the "grace, mercy, and peace," referred to, as a prayer that they might be manifested to this family in promoting truth and love.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Grace be with you - This is addressed to her, her household, and probably that part of the Church which was more immediately under her care. The Son of the Father - The apostle still keeps in view the miraculous conception of Christ; a thing which the Gnostics absolutely denied; a doctrine which is at the ground work of our salvation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 John 1:1-3

Religion turns compliments into real expressions of respect and love. And old disciple is honourable; an old apostle and leader of disciples is more so. The letter is to a noble Christian matron, and her children; it is well that the gospel should get among such: some noble persons are called. Families are to be encouraged and directed in their love and duties at home. Those who love truth and piety in themselves…

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2 John 1:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἔσταιestaiWill beG1510
μεθ᾽meth᾽withG3326
ἡμῶνhēmōnusG3165
χάριςcharisgraceG5485
ἔλεοςeleosmercyG1656
εἰρήνηeirēnē[and] peaceG1515
παρὰparafromG3844
θεοῦtheouGodG2316
πατρὸςpatros[the] FatherG3962
καὶkaiandG2532
παρὰparafromG3844
κυρίουkuriouLordG2962
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
ΧριστοῦChristouChristG5547
τοῦtoutheG3588
υἱοῦhuiouSonG5207
τοῦtouof theG3588
πατρὸςpatrosFatherG3962
ἐνeninG1722
ἀληθείᾳalētheiatruthG225
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀγάπῃ.¶agapēlove.G26

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 John 1:3

  • 1 John 4:10

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  • Romans 1:7

    To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Timothy 1:2

    Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 1 Timothy 1:14

    And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

  • 2 Timothy 1:13

    Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 John 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;

  • Zechariah 8:19

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

  • 1 John 2:23-24

    Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Grace.
Ro 1:7; 1Ti 1:2
be. Gr. shall be. the Son.
1Jo 2:23,24; 4:10
in truth.
1; Zec 8:19; Ga 5:6; 1Ti 1:14; 2Ti 1:13

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Context

  • 2 John 1:2

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

  • 2 John 1:3

    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.

  • 2 John 1:4

    I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

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2 John 1:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sea con vosotros gracia, misericordia, y paz de Dios Padre, y del Señor Jesucristo, Hijo del Padre, en verdad y en amor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La grâce, la miséricorde, la paix, seront avec vous de la part de Dieu le Père et de la part du seigneur Jésus Christ le Fils du Père, dans la vérité et dans l’amour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es wird mit euch sein Gnade, Barmherzigkeit, Friede von Gott, dem Vater, und von dem Herrn Jesu Christo, dem Sohne des Vaters, in Wahrheit und Liebe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sit vobiscum gratia, misericordia, pax a Deo Patre, et a Christo Jesu Filio Patris in veritate, et caritate.