If any one cometh and bringeth not (ε τις ερχετα κα ου φερε). Condition of first class with ε and two present indicatives (ερχεται…

If there come any unto you. Any professed teacher of religion. There can be no doubt that she to whom this epistle was written was accusto…

St. John had recently had the opportunity of observing how some of the matron’s children proved their adherence to the truth by their daily conduct…

The last warning extended to the reader is both the most objective and the most final. “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do…

If there come any unto you
Under the character of a preacher;

and bring not this doctrine