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3 John 1:3-8
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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.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,
[a]
even though they are strangers to you.
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They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.
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It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
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We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
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ver 5,10; S
Acts 1:16
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2 John 4
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1 Corinthians 4:15
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1 John 2:1
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ver 3
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Romans 12:13
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Hebrews 13:2
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1 Corinthians 16:11
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2 Corinthians 1:16
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Ephesians 4:1
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John 15:21
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Acts 20:33,35
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[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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