 Some commentarians would say that he's writing in code, as we know the book of Revelation was likely written before 2 John, or right about the same time. And we know when we read through the book of Revelation, there is some symbolic language. And we know there was a lot of hatred toward the church in John's day, even more so possibly than we're experiencing today in our world, so much so that they would write in code oftentimes.