3 Giovanni 1:7

7 Poichè si sono dipartiti da’ Gentili per lo suo nome, senza prender nulla;

3 Giovanni 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

3 John 1:7

Because that for his name's sake they went forth
From Judea; either of their own accord to preach the Gospel, or being drove out by the unbelieving Jews, for professing the name of Christ; and be it which it will, there was good reason why they should be regarded, and especially since they did as follows,

taking nothing of the Gentiles;
even of those who were converted, though their preaching the Gospel, to whom they ministered, for of others, the unconverted Gentiles, they could not expect to receive; and this they did, as the apostles before them, because they would not be chargeable to them, and lest it should be thought they sought their own worldly interest, and not the good of souls and glory of Christ, and so a stumblingblock be laid in the way of the Gospel, to hinder the progress of it. The Ethiopic version reads this in the singular number, "and I went forth for his name's sake, taking nothing of the Gentiles".

3 Giovanni 1:7 In-Context

5 Diletto, tu fai da vero fedele, in ciò che tu operi inverso i fratelli, e inverso i forestieri.

6 I quali hanno reso testimonianza della tua carità nel cospetto della chiesa; i quali farai bene d’accomiatar degnamente, secondo Iddio.

7 Poichè si sono dipartiti da’ Gentili per lo suo nome, senza prender nulla;

8 noi adunque dobbiamo accoglier que’ tali, acciocchè siamo aiutatori alla verità.

9 IO ho scritto alla chiesa; ma Diotrefe, il qual procaccia il primato fra loro, non ci riceve.