2Jo 11 | RWP | e4.org | Partaketh in his evil works ( κοινωνε τοις εργοις αυτου τοις πονηροις ). Associative instrumental case with κοινωνε as in , common verb from κοινωνος (partner). It is to be borne in mind that the churches often met in private homes ( ; ), and if these travelling deceivers were allowed to spread their doctrines in these homes and then sent on with endorsement as Apollos was from Ephesus to Corinth ( ), there was no way of escaping responsibility for the harm wrought by these propagandists of evil. It is not a case of mere hospitality to strangers.

‏ 2 John 11

Partaketh in his evil works ( κοινωνε τοις εργοις αυτου τοις πονηροις ). Associative instrumental case with κοινωνε as in 1Ti 5:22, common verb from κοινωνος (partner). It is to be borne in mind that the churches often met in private homes (Ro 16:5; Col 4:15), and if these travelling deceivers were allowed to spread their doctrines in these homes and then sent on with endorsement as Apollos was from Ephesus to Corinth (Ac 18:27), there was no way of escaping responsibility for the harm wrought by these propagandists of evil. It is not a case of mere hospitality to strangers.