The recipient of this letter may have been either a noble lady in whose home a church met, or a church that John chose to address as a lady. Whether a lady or a church, the message John communicates is the same. The content of this correspondence reflects similar concerns found in John’s first epistle, especially with regard to his emphasis on loving one another. It further addresses the problem of false teachers, similarly addressed in the polemical portion of the first epistle. However, where the