Books of the Bible / 2 John
Random Verse from 2 John
Roll a random verse from 2 John -- 1 chapter, 13 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
2 John 1:3
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 2 John (summary)
2 John is book 63 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 1 chapter and 13 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 2 John compared to other books of the Bible?
2 John is the 66th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 13 verses across 1 chapter -- an average of 13 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 2 John sit among the other New Testament books?
2 John is book 24 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 63 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 2 John?
1 John comes directly before it (5 chapters). 3 John comes directly after it (1 chapter).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 13 verses in 2 John -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.