2 JOHN 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:”
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them — the elder mandates practical ecclesial boundaries, instructing the community to refuse hospitality to those propagating false doctrine. In the context of early Christianity, where traveling teachers and prophets relied on community hospitality for their livelihood and access, this instruction amounts to a form of excommunication that undermines their missionary effectiveness. The distinction between 'teaching' and person suggests that the rejection is doctrinal, not personal hatred, yet it requires concrete action that separates the community from corrupting influences.
Church Fathers on 2 John 1:10
But as many as separate from the Church, and give heed to such old wives' fables as these, are truly self-condemned; and these men Paul commands us, after a first and second admonition, to avoid. Titus 3:10 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; and that with reason, for there is no…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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