3 Giovanni 1:7

7 perché sono partiti per amor del nome di Cristo, senza prendere alcun che dai pagani.

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 operi fedelmente in quel che fai a pro dei fratelli che sono, per di più, forestieri.

6 Essi hanno reso testimonianza del tuo amore, dinanzi alla chiesa; e farai bene a provvedere al loro viaggio in modo degno di Dio;

7 perché sono partiti per amor del nome di Cristo, senza prendere alcun che dai pagani.

8 Noi dunque dobbiamo accogliere tali uomini, per essere cooperatori con la verità.

9 Ho scritto qualcosa alla chiesa; ma Diotrefe che cerca d’avere il primato fra loro, non ci riceve.