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2 John 9-11
New Catholic Bible
2 John 9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 Anyone who fails to remain faithful to the teaching of Christ but goes beyond[a] it does not have God. Only the one who remains faithful to the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not impart this teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him.[b] 11 For anyone who welcomes him has a share in his evil deeds.
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- 2 John 1:9 Goes beyond: a reference to the Gnostics’ claim that they had advanced far beyond the teaching of the Apostles; they were, in effect, teaching pure speculation as apostolic doctrine (see 2 Tim 2:16; Tit 3:9).
- 2 John 1:10 The author warns against feeding and housing the false teachers, for that would be sharing in their evil deeds and tantamount to public approval.
