2 John 1:11
Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.
BSB
ASV
for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.
KJV
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
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.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
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Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
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“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
