2 John 1:1 The commander [John as non-resident pastor-teacher] to the elect lady [the widow Nympha] and her children, whom I [agape] love in the sphere of doctrine, and not only me, but also all those [positive believers] who have come to know in the past and are continuing to know doctrine [the intake, metabolization and application of doctrine],

2 John 1:2 Because the doctrine which resides in us [providing spiritual momentum in time] shall indeed be with us forever [basis for rewards in eternity].

2 John 1:3 May grace, mercy, prosperity, from the source of God the Father and from the source of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, be [as a package of spiritual blessings] with us always [as it is at this moment] in the sphere of doctrine and virtue.

2 John 1:4 I was very pleased because I discovered some out of your children that are continuing to walk by means of doctrine, just as we received a mandate from the Father.

2 John 1:5 And now, Lady [Nympha], I make a request of you, not as though writing to you a new mandate, but one which we had from the beginning: that we keep on exercising virtue love towards one another of the same kind [fellow believers].

2 John 1:6 Moreover, the love complex was brought into existence for this [purpose]: that we should keep on walking [gaining forward momentum] according to His mandates [grieve not, quench not, be filled with, walk in the Spirit]. The mandate [accompanying the gift of the love complex] is this, just as you have heard from the beginning: that you keep on walking [gaining forward momentum] in it [the love complex],

2 John 1:7 Because many deceivers [pseudo-intellectual Gnostics] have gone out [exited the Johannine community which lives in the love complex and follows divine mandates] into the cosmic system [embracing cosmic panaceas and anthropocentric academic speculation], who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh [denying the 1st Advent]. This category of person [reversionistic Gnostic believer] is a deceiver and an antichrist.

2 John 1:8 Look out for yourselves, so that you do not lose the spiritual momentum which we have accomplished, but instead receive in return a full reward [supergrace blessings in time & eternity]. 

2 John 1:9 Everyone who goes beyond the limits [of true doctrine] and does not remain [within the limits] through the doctrine of Christ, does not have [fellowship with] God. The one who remains [within the limits] through doctrine, this same one keeps on having [fellowship with] both the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:10 If anyone [Gnostic-leaning believer] comes face-to-face to you and does not bring this [accurate] doctrine, do not receive him [the Gnostic infiltrator] into your home [assembly] and never address him with a pleasant greeting.

2 John 1:11 For the one who addresses him [the Gnostic infiltrator] with a pleasant greeting participates in his evil activities [cursing by association].

2 John 1:12 Although I have many things to write to you [Nymphas and her family], I do not wish to do so with paper and ink [comments or topics John doesn’t want in the canon of Scripture], but instead I hope to come to you [to conduct a Bible conference in Laodicea] and teach face-to-face, so that our inner happiness might be filled to the point of overflowing [final floor of the edification complex of the soul is completed].

2 John 1:13 The children [in Laodicea] of your elect sister [first cousins to Nympha] salute you [respect for family members who reside & function in the divine system].