{"id":3330,"date":"2026-01-25T08:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2026-01-25T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:11:45","slug":"lesson-10-truth-in-christian-living-2-john-and-3-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/lesson-10-truth-in-christian-living-2-john-and-3-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 10: Truth in Christian Living: 2 John and 3 John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u20143 John 1:3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought:<\/strong> Read today\u2019s Key Verse. Brethren<\/strong> means \u201cit generally denotes a fellowship of life based on identity of origin; i.e.: members of the same Christian community<\/em>.\u201d In this lesson, we will learn of people in whose life John could identify the truth because of their lifestyle, for they walked in the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis: <\/strong>We are to understand the importance of living a Christian life according to the truth of God\u2019s Word \u2013 a life in which anyone can see one\u2019s faithfulness in living according to God\u2019s Word. We will also understand we are to recognize false teaching, rejecting deceivers who teach contrary to God\u2019s Word, and instead adhere to the truths of the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>The book of 2 John is the sixth book in the final division of the New Testament: The Nine General Letters to the Jewish Church. The book of 3 John is the seventh book in that final division. John, one of the twelve Apostles, wrote both of these books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 John: <\/strong>John wrote this letter to an unnamed woman with children. He commended her for not only faithfully walking with the Lord, but for teaching her children the truths of God\u2019s Word \u2013 and those children walked with the Lord. There was one important thing he emphasized: he reminded them to continue walking according to God\u2019s Word, obeying His commands. John warned that there would be deceivers who would come, teaching falsely. If anyone teaches contrary to the Bible, John said to reject them. He also taught that they are not to even be wished \u201cgod speed\u201d (encouragement on their way).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/strong> John: <\/strong>The book of 3 John is the shortest book in the Bible. John wrote it to one named Gaius. John led Gaius to the Lord, and Gaius proceeded to live a faithful Christian life. John wrote words of commendation, as well as words of encouragement. Gaius walked in truth. All who knew him understood this as well. Because of his faithful life, he was an encouragement to others to do the same, which led them to tell others, including Gentiles, the truth of God\u2019s Word as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaius walked with the Lord \u2013 unlike Diotrephes who obviously did not live Christ-like. John wrote of the areas in Diotrephes\u2019 life that were wrong. He wrote not<\/em> to follow that which is evil, but to follow that which is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final person of whom John wrote was Demetrius. John had little to say about Demetrius, but he said enough for us to understand Demetrius pleased God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q4 – Lesson 10 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q4 – Lesson 10 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biblical Path of Life – Year Three, Quarter Four<\/a><\/strong> is available through Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key Verse For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. \u20143 John 1:3 Key Verse Thought: Read today\u2019s Key Verse. Brethren means \u201cit generally denotes a fellowship of life based on identity of origin; i.e.: members of the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1432],"tags":[1448,1449,1450,1453,1452,396,1451,186,356,768,1430,947,937],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-three-quarter-four","tag-2-john","tag-3-john","tag-brethren","tag-demetrius","tag-diotrephes","tag-faithful","tag-gaius","tag-god","tag-john","tag-lesson-10","tag-letters","tag-quarter-four","tag-year-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3334,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}