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NASB					2 John 1:1 ^AThe elder⁴²⁴⁵ to the ^Bchosen¹⁵⁸⁸ ^Clady²⁹⁵⁹ and her children⁵⁰⁴³, whom³⁷³⁹ I ^Dlove²⁵ in truth²²⁵; and not only³⁴⁴¹ I, but also²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ who ^Eknow¹⁰⁹⁷ the truth²²⁵,
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 John 1:1 The elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the elect (chosen) ¹lady and her children, whom I love in truth--and not only I, but also all who know and understand the truth--

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Many scholars believe the words "lady and her children" refer to a specific woman and her family; some others view the words "lady and her children" as the personification of a church and its members.

NASB Cross References:
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Acts 11:30 And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.

Rom 16:13 Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

2 John 1:5 Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

John 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

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Greek Heb.

agapaô; of unc. or.; to love:--beloved(8), felt a love for(1), love(1), love(75), loved(38), loves(20).

225

alêtheia; from 227; truth:--certainly*(2), most(1), rightly*(1), truly*(2), truth(104).

1097

ginôskô; from a prim. root gnô-; to come to know, recognize, perceive:--ascertaining(1), aware(7), certainty(1), come to know(1), comprehend(1), felt(1), find(3), found(2), kept...a virgin*(1), knew(13), know(104), know how(1), knowing(3), known(25), knows(14), learn(1), learned(1), perceived(1), perceiving(2), put(1), realize(3), recognize(7), recognized(1), recognizing(1), sure(4), take notice(1), unaware*(2), understand(11), understood(6), virgin*(1).

1588

eklektos; from 1586; select, by impl. favorite:--choice(2), choice man(1), chosen(1), chosen(9), chosen one(1), elect(8).

2532

kai; a prim. conjunc.; and, even, also:--accompanied(1), actually(2), after(2), again(1), again*(1), along(4), also(535), although(1), although*(1), besides*(1), both(37), both*(1), certainly(1), continue(1), either(2), else(1), even(132), forty-six*(1), if(1), including(1), indeed(20), indeed*(2), just(3), likewise(1), more*(2), moving about freely*(1), nor(4), now(2), only(2), only*(1), or(11), same(1), so(30), than(2), than*(4), then(105), though(1), though*(6), together(1), too(34), until(1), very(3), well(13), when(7), whether(1), while(1), whose*(1), without*(4), yet(9).

2959

kuria; fem. of 2962; a lady:--lady(2).

3441

monos; a prim. word; alone:--alone(31), even(1), just(2), mere(1), merely(2), only(18), only one(1), only thing(1), private(1), themselves*(1).

3739

hos,
hê,
ho; a prim. pron.; usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that:--another*(8), any(1), because*(7), deeds*(1), just(1), just*(1), once*(1), one(11), one*(6), other(2), others*(2), same(2), since*(3), so(1), some(7), some*(8), someone(1), such(1), there(1), these(6), these things(3), thing(1), things(4), third(1), this(22), this is what(1), those whom(1), until*(1), what(101), what*(2), whatever(5), whatever*(28), when(9), when*(3), where(1), where*(2), which(404), while*(3), who(158), whoever(4), whoever*(51), whom(218), whomever*(6), whose(38), why*(3).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4245

presbuteros; a cptv. of presbus (an old man); elder:--elder(3), elders(57), men of old(1), old men(1), older(1), older man(1), older ones(1), older women(1), women(1).

5043

teknon; from 5088; a child (of either sex):--child(13), children(76), children's(2), son(8), sons(1).

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