Irenaeus

Ante-Nicene · to AD 325

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On 2 John

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  1. 2 John 1:7
    These are they against whom the Lord has cautioned us beforehand; and His disciple, in his Epistle already mentioned, commands us to avoid them, when he says: "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Take heed to them, that ye lose not what ye have wrought."

    Against Heresies Book III

  2. 2 John 1:10
    And John, the disciple of the Lord, has intensified their condemnation, when he desires us not even to address to them the salutation of "good-speed; "for, says he, "He that bids them be of good-speed is a partaker with their evil deeds; "

    Against Heresies Book I

  3. 2 John 1:11
    By wishing that we do not even give them a welcome, John, the Lord’s disciple, made their condemnation even stronger.

    AGAINST HERESIES 1.16.3

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