2 John
Summary[i]
Writer: The Apostle John.
Date: Probably A.D. 90.
Theme: Second John gives the essentials
of the personal walk of the believer in a day when "many deceivers are
entered into the world" (2Jo_1:7).
The key phrase is "the truth," by which John means the body of
revealed truth, the Scriptures. The Bible as the only authority for doctrine
and life, is the believer's resource in a time of declension and apostasy.
The Epistle in three divisions:
1. The pathway of truth and love (2 John 1:1-6).
2. The peril of unscriptural ways (2 John
1:7-11).
3. Superscription (2 John 1:12-13).