for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.
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for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.
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For he that biddeth him God spede is parttaker of his evyll dedes.
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For he that biddeth him, God speede, is partaker of his euill deedes. Although I had many things to write vnto you, yet I woulde not write with paper and ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, and speake mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.
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Passages linked to 2 John 1:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- Psalms 50:18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
- Revelation 18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is…
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Ver. 11. Is partaker of his evil] 1. By his sinful silence and dissimulation. 2. Next, by confirming the sinner in his evil way. 3. Lastly, by offence given to others.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he that biddeth him God speed,.... Wishes him…
For he that biddeth him God speed,.... Wishes him well, and success in his ministry, or in a friendly and familiar way converses with him:
is partaker of his evil deeds; he has fellowship with him, instead of reproving or shunning him, as he ought; he is an abettor of him in his principles, and so far joins in the propagation of them, and helps to spread them, and gives too much reason to think he is one with him in them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain For he that biddeth him God speed - That…
For he that biddeth him God speed - That gives him any encouragement, is accessory to his evil deeds.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Is partaker of his evil deeds.] He…
Verse 11. Is partaker of his evil deeds.] He that acts towards him as if he considered him a Christian brother, and sound in the faith, puts it in his power to deceive others, by thus apparently accrediting his ministry. No sound Christian should countenance any man as a Gospel minister, who holds and preaches erroneous doctrines; especially concerning the Lord Jesus. Nor can any Christian attend the ministry of such teachers without being criminal in the sight of God. He who attends their ministry is, in effect, bidding them God speed; no matter whether such belong to an established Church, or to any congregation of dissenters from it. But what St. John says here does not mean that we should deny such the common offices of humanity, charity, and mercy. No. In these offices we are equally bound to all men; far less does it intimate that we should persecute such on account of their heretical or heterodox sentiments. No. This right has God given to no man, to no Church, to no state. They who persecute others, even for the worst heretical opinions, may expect the heaviest judgments of Almighty God.
There is a remarkable addition here in several MSS. Of the Vulgate, and in some printed editions. Ecce praedixi vobis, ut in diem Domini nostri Jesu Christi non confundamini. "Behold, I have foretold this to you, that ye may not be confounded in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."
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This addition is found in the edition of Pope Sixtus the Fifth, and in the Complutensian Polyglot; but it is not acknowledged by any of the versions, nor by any Greek MSS.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker…
For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds - Shows that he countenances and approves of the doctrine which is taught. Compare the notes at 1Ti 5:22.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain By wishing a false brother or teacher "God (or…
By wishing a false brother or teacher "God (or 'good') speed," you imply that he is capable as such of good speed and joy (the literal meaning of the Greek), and that you wish him it while opposing Christ; so you identify yourself with "his evil deeds." The Greek of "partaker" is "having communion with." We cannot have communion with saints and with Antichrist at the same time. Here we see John's naturally fiery zeal directed to a right end. POLYCARP, the disciple of John, told contemporaries of IRENÆUS, who narrates the story on their authority, that on one occasion when John was about to bathe, and heard that Cerinthus, the heretic, was within, he retired with abhorrence, exclaiming, Surely the house will fall in ruins since the enemy of the truth is there.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. For—Reason for this precaution. To sustain the errorist…
11. For—Reason for this precaution. To sustain the errorist is to be responsible for his error.
Evil deeds—Both in destroying the true Christ and in introducing antinomianism. See note on 1Jn_1:8.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. For he that biddeth him God speed] Much…
11. For he that biddeth him God speed] Much more, therefore, he that by receiving him into his house affords a home and head-quarters for false teaching.
is partaker of his evil deeds] More accurately, as R. V., partaketh in his evil works: literally, with much emphasis on ‘evil’, partaketh in his works, his evil (works). The word for ‘partake’ (κοινωνεῖν) occurs nowhere else in S. John, but is cognate with the word for ‘fellowship’ (κοινωνία), 1Jn_1:3; 1Jn_1:6-7. The word for ‘evil’ (πονηρός) is the same as that used of ‘the evil one’, 1Jn_2:13-14; 1Jn_3:12; 1Jn_5:18-19. What is involved, therefore, in having fellowship with such men is obvious. At a Council of Carthage (a.d. 256), when Cyprian uttered his famous invective against Stephen, Bishop of Rome,—Aurelius, Bishop of Chullabi, quoted this passage with the introductory remark, “John the Apostle laid it down in his Epistle”: and Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria (c. a.d. 315), quotes the passage as an injunction of “the blessed John” (Socrates H.E. I. vi.). The change from ‘deeds’ to ‘works’ may seem frivolous and vexatious, but it is not unimportant. ‘Works’ is a wider word and better represents ἔργα: words no less than deeds are included, and here it is specially the words of these deceivers that is meant. Moreover in 1Jn_3:12 the same word is rendered ‘works’ of the ‘evil works’ of Cain. See on Joh_5:20; Joh_6:27; Joh_6:29. Wiclif and the Rhemish have ‘works’ here.
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At the end of this verse some Latin versions insert, ‘Lo I have told you beforehand, that ye be not confounded (or, condemned) in the day of the Lord (or, of our Lord Jesus Christ)’. Wiclif admits the insertion, but the Rhemish does not: Cranmer puts it in italics and in brackets. It has no authority.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain To give countenance and sanction to false doctrine is…
To give countenance and sanction to false doctrine is to share in the responsibility for all the harm which such false doctrine does. With which solemn warning the main portion of the Epistle ends.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 11. For he that biddeth, etc. He that gives…
11. For he that biddeth, etc. He that gives him these prayerful greetings and encouragement becomes a partaker, to that extent, in his evil deeds.
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