2 John 1:10-12

1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting, ¹  1:11 because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds. ² 

Conclusion

1:12 Though I have many other ³  things to write to you, I do not want to do so with ⁴  paper and ink, ⁵  but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, ⁶  so that our joy may be complete. ⁷ 

[1:10]  ¹ sn Do not give him any greeting does not mean to insult the person. It means “do not greet the person as a fellow Christian” (which is impossible anyway since the opponents are not genuine believers in the author’s opinion).

[1:11]  ² sn Shares in his evil deeds. Giving a public greeting could be understood by an onlooker to suggest agreement with the (false) teaching of the opponents and is thus prohibited by John.

[1:12]  ³ tn “Other” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity in English.

[1:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “by means of.”

[1:12]  ⁵ sn Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink).

[1:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “speak mouth to mouth,” an idiom for which the English equivalent is “speak face to face.”

[1:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “be fulfilled.”