He who greets him, or ‘he who speaks thus (to him),’ or ‘he who makes such a gesture (with him).’

Shares his wicked work, or ‘is an accomplice to (or joins him in) his evil deeds,’ ‘gets mixed up in his doing not good,’ ‘does evil as he is doing (evil),’ ‘his sin is the same.’

Quoted with permission from Haas, C., de Jonge, M. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on The Second Letter of John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .