Greeting
1aThe elder to the beloved Gaius, bwhom I love in truth.
2Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3For cI rejoiced greatly when the brothers1 came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4I have no greater joy than to hear that dmy children are walking in the truth.
Support and Opposition
5Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for ethese brothers, fstrangers as they are, 6who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner gworthy of God. 7For they have gone out for the sake of hthe name, iaccepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
Footnotes
- 1 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
Walk in the Truth — Part One
3 John 1:1–8 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:54 • ID: 2641
Walk in the Truth — Part Two
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A Study in 2 and 3 John
Walking in the Truth 2 John 1:1–13, 3 John 1:1–14 Series • ID: 16301Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.