Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God. New Living Translation They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God. English Standard Version who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. Berean Standard Bible They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. Berean Literal Bible who testified of your love before the church, whom you will do well having set forward worthily of God. King James Bible Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: New King James Version 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, New American Standard Bible and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. NASB 1995 and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. NASB 1977 and they bear witness to your love before the church; and you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. Legacy Standard Bible and they bore witness to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. Amplified Bible and they have testified before the church of your love and friendship. You will do well to [assist them and] send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. Christian Standard Bible They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God, Holman Christian Standard Bible They have testified to your love in front of the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God, American Standard Version who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Those who have testified of your love before all the churches. You did well when you gave them necessities, as is becoming to God. Contemporary English Version They have told the church about your love. They say you were good enough to welcome them and to send them on their mission in a way God's servants deserve. Douay-Rheims Bible Who have given testimony to thy charity in the sight of the church: whom thou shalt do well to bring forward on their way in a manner worthy of God. English Revised Version who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God: GOD'S WORD® Translation These believers have told the congregation about your love. You will do well to support them on their trip in a way that proves you belong to God. Good News Translation They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God. International Standard Version They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. Literal Standard Version who testified of your love before an assembly, whom you will do well, having sent forward worthily of God, Majority Standard Bible They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. New American Bible they have testified to your love before the church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey. NET Bible They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. New Revised Standard Version they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God; New Heart English Bible They have testified about your love before the church. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, Webster's Bible Translation Who have borne testimony of thy charity before the church: whom if thou shalt bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou wilt do well: Weymouth New Testament They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God. World English Bible They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God, Young's Literal Translation who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Gaius Commended for His Hospitality5Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you. 6They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 7For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.… Cross References Acts 15:3 Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers. Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. Titus 3:13 Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need. Treasury of Scripture Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, you shall do well: have borne witness of thy charity. 3 John 1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. Philemon 1:5-7 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; … whom. Acts 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. Romans 15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. after a godly sort. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. do well. Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Jonah 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Matthew 25:21-23 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord… Jump to Previous Assembly Befits Borne Cared Charity Church Fellowship Forward Godly God's Help Journey Love Manner Presence Right Servants Service Setting Sort Testified Testify Testimony Wilt Witness Witnessed Worthily WorthyJump to Next Assembly Befits Borne Cared Charity Church Fellowship Forward Godly God's Help Journey Love Manner Presence Right Servants Service Setting Sort Testified Testify Testimony Wilt Witness Witnessed Worthily Worthy3 John 1 1. He commends Gaius for his piety,5. and hospitality, 7. to true preachers; 9. complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side; 11. whose evil example is not to be followed; 12. and gives special testimony to the good report of Demetrius. Ver. 6. - Who bare witness to thy love before the Church. The thoroughly Greek word ἐκκλησία (which, however, had received a number of Jewish associations through its frequent use in the Septuagint)is used by St. John nowhere but in this Epistle. This witness of the brethren before the Church respecting the good deeds done to them is a type and earnest of the witness of Christ at the day of judgment: "I was a stranger, and ye took me in... Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me." Whom thou wilt do well to forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God. No higher standard could well be set. It reminds us of "perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect" Gains is to treat them as remembering the Divine declaration, "He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me" (John 13:20). This coincidence, consciously or unconsciously made, between the Gospel and Third Epistle, is lost in the rather colourless rendering in the Authorized Version, "after a godly sort." Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [They]οἳ (hoi) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. have testified ἐμαρτύρησάν (emartyrēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify. to ἐνώπιον (enōpion) Preposition Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of. [the] church ἐκκλησίας (ekklēsias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation. about your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. love. ἀγάπῃ (agapē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. You will do ποιήσεις (poiēseis) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. well καλῶς (kalōs) Adverb Strong's 2573: Well, nobly, honorably, rightly. Adverb from kalos; well. to send them on their way προπέμψας (propempsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4311: To send forward, accompany, equip for a journey. From pro and pempo; to send forward, i.e. Escort or aid in travel. in a manner worthy ἀξίως (axiōs) Adverb Strong's 516: Worthily, in a manner worthy of. Adverb from axios; appropriately. of God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Links 3 John 1:6 NIV3 John 1:6 NLT 3 John 1:6 ESV 3 John 1:6 NASB 3 John 1:6 KJV 3 John 1:6 BibleApps.com 3 John 1:6 Biblia Paralela 3 John 1:6 Chinese Bible 3 John 1:6 French Bible 3 John 1:6 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 3 John 1:6 They have testified about your love before (3J iiiJ 3Jn iii jn 3 jo) |