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3 John 1:4
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3 John 1:4 Meaning and Commentary
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy
Nothing that causes greater joy. The Vulgate Latin version reads "grace" or "thanks"; and then the sense is, that he had nothing to be more thankful for:
than to hear that my children walk in truth;
meaning his spiritual children, those whose conversion he had been the instrument of; and among these it seems Gaius was one.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
3 John 1:4 In-Context
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Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
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For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers,
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who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
Footnotes 1
- [a]. NU-Text reads the truth.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.