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3 For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
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3 It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.
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4 No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
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4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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5 Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
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5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you.
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6 who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God's service.
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6 They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
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7 For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
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7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
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8 So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
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8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.
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