3 John 1:1-8

1 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
3 It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a] even though they are strangers to you.
6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.
7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.

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Cross References 11

  • 1. S Acts 11:30; 2 John 1
  • 2. ver 5,10; S Acts 1:16
  • 3. 2 John 4
  • 4. 1 Corinthians 4:15; S 1 John 2:1
  • 5. ver 3
  • 6. S ver 3
  • 7. Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2
  • 8. 1 Corinthians 16:11; 2 Corinthians 1:16
  • 9. S Ephesians 4:1
  • 10. S John 15:21
  • 11. Acts 20:33,35

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
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