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2 John 1:13

The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

KJV

ἀσπάζεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς.

Greek NT

Salutant te filii sororis tuæ Electæ.

Vulgate

The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

ASV

The children of thy sister Elect salute thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἀδελφή
adelphe
noun · 26×
ἀσπάζομαι
aspazomai
verb · 58×
ἐκλεκτός
eklektos
adjective · 22×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἐκλεκτῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκλεκτῆς | RP: + Ἀμήν
  • ἐκλεκτῆςSBLGNT
  • ἐκλεκτῆςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἈμήνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:13 — The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
  • 2John 1:1 — The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
  • 2John 1:1 — The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
  • Acts 15:23 — And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: