Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
3 I was so happy when some Christians arrived and told me how faithful you are to the truth - just as you always live in the truth.
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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.
4 Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
5 My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.
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Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you.
6 They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God.
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They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.
7 For they set out on their trip in the service of Christ without accepting any help from unbelievers.
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It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
8 We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
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We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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