2 John 1:13
New International Version
The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings.

New Living Translation
Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God.

English Standard Version
The children of your elect sister greet you.

Berean Standard Bible
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

Berean Literal Bible
The children of your elect sister greet you.

King James Bible
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

New King James Version
The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

New American Standard Bible
The children of your chosen sister greet you.

NASB 1995
The children of your chosen sister greet you.

NASB 1977
The children of your chosen sister greet you.

Legacy Standard Bible
The children of your elect sister greet you.

Amplified Bible
The children of your elect (chosen) sister greet you.

Christian Standard Bible
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

American Standard Version
The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The children of your Elect sister invoke your peace. Amen.

Contemporary English Version
Greetings from the children of your very special sister.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The children of thy sister Elect salute thee.

English Revised Version
The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The children of your chosen sister greet you.

Good News Translation
The children of your dear Sister send you their greetings.

International Standard Version
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Greetings from John

Literal Standard Version
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

Majority Standard Bible
The children of your elect sister send you greetings. Amen.

New American Bible
The children of your chosen sister send you greetings.

NET Bible
The children of your elect sister greet you.

New Revised Standard Version
The children of your elect sister send you their greetings.

New Heart English Bible
The children of your chosen sister greet you.

Webster's Bible Translation
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

Weymouth New Testament
The children of your elect sister send greetings to you.

World English Bible
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

Young's Literal Translation
salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Final Greetings
12I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 13The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

Cross References
Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

2 John 1:1
The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth--and not I alone, but also all who know the truth--


Treasury of Scripture

The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

See on ver.

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;

1 Peter 5:13
The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

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2 John 1
1. He exhorts a certain honorable matron, with her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief,
8. lest they lose the reward of their former profession;
10. and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus.














Verse 13. - The children of thine elect sister salute thee. Why the change from "you" πρὸς ὑμᾶς in verse 12 to" thee" σε here, if the letter is addressed to a community? The change is very intelligible if "you" means "thee and thy family," and "thee" means "thee in particular." The elect sister herself sends no greeting, because she does not live, as these children of hers do, near the apostle; perhaps she is dead. This message to the elect lady from her sister's children is, perhaps, intended as a delicate intimation that they know why the elder is writing, and join in his affectionate warning. "The last sentences of this letter to the elect lady remind us that it is what it professes to be - a letter to a friend; that the friendship was the more natural and human because it was grounded on the truth; and that other ladies also elect were, like this one, not nuns, but mothers" (Maurice). The concluding" Amen" at the end of this Epistle, as at the end of most of the Epistles, is spurious. Galatians, and perhaps 2 Peter, seem to be the only instances in which the "Amen" is genuine.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

children
τέκνα (tekna)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5043: A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.

of your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

elect
ἐκλεκτῆς (eklektēs)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1588: From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite.

sister
ἀδελφῆς (adelphēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 79: A sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman. Fem of adephos; a sister.

send you greetings.
Ἀσπάζεταί (Aspazetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 782: To greet, salute, pay my respects to, welcome. To enfold in the arms, i.e. to salute, to welcome.


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