3 John 1:3

3 John 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
• New International Version (NIV)It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.

Context of 3 John 1:3

1The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. 2Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth. 4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 5Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

3 John 1:3 word by word

ἐχάρην γὰρ λίαν ἐρχομένων ἀδελφῶν καὶ μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς σὺ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατεῖς.Read the interlinear

• rejoicedχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• greatlyλίανlian · greatlyG3029
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• witnessμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• evenκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for 3 John 1:3

• 3 John 1:4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
• 2 John 1:4I rejoice greatly that I have foundcertainof thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
• Philippians 1:4always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
• Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• Ephesians 1:15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints,
• Colossians 1:7even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
• 1 Thessalonians 3:6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;
• 2 John 1:2for the truth’s sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:
• Psalms 119:11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

Commentaries on 3 John 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When the brethren came - Probably the same of whom he speaks in the fifth ( 3 John 1:5;) and following verses, and who appear to have been itinerant evangelists. The truth that is in thee - The soundness of thy faith and the depth of thy religion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came - Who these were is not certainly known. They may have been members of the same church with Gaius, who, for some reason, had visited the writer of this Epistle; or they may have been the “brethren” who had gone from him with a letter of commendation to the church, 3 John 1:9, and had been rejected by the church through the influence of Diotrephes, and who, after having been hospitably entertained by Gaius, had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The traveling teachers (literally brothers) were probably John's messengers. They traveled between churches, teaching the good news about Jesus and encouraging Christians (see 1:5, 10). your devotion to the truth: Gaius remained faithful to the message about Jesus Christ that the apostles taught. The false teachers denied that Jesus truly came in the flesh or that his death was a real sacrifice (compare 1 John 4:1–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. testified of the truth that is in thee--Greek, "of" (or 'to') thy truth": thy share of that truth in which thou walkest [Alford]. even as thou--in contrast to Diotrephes (3Jo 9).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• joy, joyful, rejoice, glad

Commentaries on 3 John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings