Who Was the Elect Lady of 2 John? offers the first fully rubric-based, text-driven investigation into one of the New Testament's most intriguing and debated figures. In this concise yet deeply researched volume, biblical studies author P. C. Anderson examines the "elect lady and her children" of 2 John through a transparent nine-variable framework grounded in the Greek text, Johannine theology, early Christian history, and the broader canonical witness.

The question is simple but far-reaching: Was the Elect Lady a real Christian woman, a house-church leader, a local congregation, a symbolic figure-or something more richly layered? Traditional scholarship has often polarized the discussion between literal and symbolic readings. Anderson's study moves beyond this divide by testing each major hypothesis against the actual evidence available to the Elder and his first-century readers.

Drawing from lexical and grammatical analysis, literary structure, historical and cultural context, pastoral purpose, biblical theology, canonical development, intertextual connections, symbolic coherence, and explanatory economy, the book evaluates five responsible interpretations: