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 these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth. 5Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers, (who have witnessed of thy love before [the] assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well; 7for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations. 8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with 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

• witnessedμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• assemblyἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• worthilyἀξίωςaxiōs · appropriatelyG516
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• wellκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573

Cross-references for 3 John 1:6

• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.
• Philemon 1:5hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
• Acts 15:3They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of [those of] the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.
• Acts 21:5But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till [we were] out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.
• Romans 15:24whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)
• 2 Corinthians 1:16and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
• Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, will not [thy countenance] look up [with confidence]? 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 4:4And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
• Matthew 25:21His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
• Acts 15:29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.
• Philippians 4:14But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.
• 1 Peter 2:20For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with 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