2 John 1:13
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) 2 John 1:13 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
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King James Version Public Domain
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The children of your chosen sister greet you.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
The children of your elect sister send you greetings. Amen.
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King James Version Public Domain
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
The children of thine elect sister salute thee.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
The children of thine elect sister salute thee.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The children of thy sister Elect salute thee.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
The children of your chosen sister greet you.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The children of your chosen sister greet you.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
The children of thine elect sister greet thee.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Greetings to you from the children of your chosen sister.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
The children of yoʋr chosen sister greet yoʋ. Amen.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
The sonnes of thy electe syster grete the. Amen.
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- Appears 22× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 22:14
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Case
- Genitive
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἀσπάζεταί aspázomai G782 “to draw” Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- σε sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Accusative, Singular
- τὰ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Plural, Neuter
- τέκνα téknon G5043 “child” Noun, Nominative, Plural, Neuter
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ἀδελφῆς adelphḗ G79 “sister” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- σου sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Singular
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ἐκλεκτῆς eklektós G1588 “chosen” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 9
- words
- 6
- distinct lemmas
- General Epistles
- section
Cross-references
2Topical passages linked to 2 John 1:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 1 Peter 5:13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son.
- 2 John 1:1–13 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Where the printed editions differ
1 variantPlaces in this verse where the major printed Greek editions disagree on the wording in a way that affects the translation — a comparison of editions, not a manuscript-by-manuscript collation. The editions are the modern critical texts (Nestlé-Aland 28/27, SBL, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House) and the traditional texts behind the KJV (the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine/Majority text). It is not a claim about which reading is original.
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Extra text
ἀμήν.¶
“Amen.”
In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTregἀμήν.¶ (amēn) 'Amen.' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)
Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
2 John, in the General Epistles, opens this verse with 9 words (6 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is eklektós (“chosen”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word eklektós carries the sense “chosen.” How does it shape the verse?
- Matthew 22:14 shares the word «chosen» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Bengel's Gnomon read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 6 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 2 John 1:13 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Westcott on Hebrews & the Epistles of John
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901), The Epistle to the Hebrews (1889) and The Epistles of St John (1883) — public domain (pre-1929). Text recovered from Internet Archive / Google Books OCR scans. Westcott’s Gospel of John commentary is not included (its OCR lost the chapter running-heads required for reliable verse-keying). Some Greek quoted in the Hebrews volume is imperfectly rendered by the OCR.