For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
The second epistle of John is addressed to the elect lady and her children. That address denotes a church, an ecclesia, not an individual woman and her literal children. The Christian lady typifies the church. The truth dwells in believers and shall remain with them forever, without end. The setting of the epistle is an exhortation to love as faithful devotion and obedience to God, not mere sentimentality.
The second epistle of John is addressed to the elect lady and her children. That address denotes a church, an ecclesia, not an individual woman and her literal children. The Christian lady typifies the church. The truth dwells in believers and shall remain with them forever, without end. The setting of the epistle is an exhortation to love as faithful devotion and obedience to God, not mere sentimentality.