3 John 1:6

3 John 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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,

Context of 3 John 1:6

4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 5Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you. 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. 7For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

3 John 1:6 word by word

οἳ ἐμαρτύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας, οὓς καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• have testifiedμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• toἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• churchἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• about yourσύsu · youG4771
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• You will doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• wellκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573
• to send them on their wayπροπέμπωpropempō · to help on the wayG4311
• in a manner worthyἀξίωςaxiōs · appropriatelyG516
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 3 John 1:6

• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.
• Philemon 1:5because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
• Acts 15:3Sent 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.
• Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
• Romans 15:24I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
• 2 Corinthians 1:16I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
• Jonah 4:4But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
• Matthew 25:21His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
• Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• Philippians 4:14Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
• 1 Peter 2:20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Commentaries on 3 John 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Which have borne witness of thy charity - Of thy love and benevolence. Before the Church - The believers at Ephesus; for to this Church the apostle seems to refer. Whom if thou bring forward - If thou continue to assist such, as thou hast done, thou shalt do well. The brethren of whom St. John speaks might have been apostles; the strangers, assistants to these apostles, as John Mark was to Barnabas. Both were itinerant evangelists. After a godly sort - ·…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church - It would seem that they had returned to John, and borne honorable testimony to the love manifested to them by Gaius. Before what church they had borne this testimony is unknown. Perhaps it was the church in Ephesus. Whom if thou bring forward on their journey - ̔́ ́ hous propempsas“Whom bringing forward, or having brought forward.” The word refers to aid rendered to them in their journey, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The church mentioned here was probably in Ephesus, where John was likely staying. Ephesus was an important port city in the province of Asia and was the fourth-largest city in the Roman Empire. It later became an important center for the Christian community (Acts 18:19–19:41; 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Peter 1:1; Revelation 2:1–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. borne witness of thy charity before the church--to stimulate others by the good example. The brethren so entertained by Gaius were missionary evangelists (3Jo 7); and, probably, in the course of narrating their missionary labors for the edification of the Church where John then was, incidentally mentioned the loving hospitality shown them by Gaius. bring forward on their journey--"If thou (continue to) forward on their journey" by giving them…Read the comment

Topics related to 3 John 1:6

• Hospitality
• Zeal, Religious

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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