3 John 1:3-8

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3 For ¹I rejoiced greatly when the brothers^[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that ²my children are walking in the truth.

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for ³these brothers, ⁴strangers as they are,

6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner ⁵worthy of God.

7 For they have gone out for the sake of ⁶the name, ⁷accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Images for 3 John 1:3-8

1. 1:3 2 John 4
2. 1:4 [1 Cor. 4:14, 15; Gal. 4:19; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philem. 10]
3. 1:5 [Gal. 6:10; Heb. 13:1]
4. 1:5 See Matt. 25:35
5. 1:6 1 Thess. 2:12; [Col. 1:10]
6. 1:7 See Acts 5:41
7. 1:7 1 Cor. 9:12, 15

[a] 3 Or 'brothers and sisters'. The plural Greek word 'adelphoi' (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, 'adelphoi' may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 5, 10

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