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 to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. 4I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers;

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

• was veryλίανlian · greatlyG3029
• gladχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and testifiedμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• to your truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• are walkingπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043

Cross-references for 3 John 1:3

• 3 John 1:4I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
• 2 John 1:4I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.
• Philippians 1:4always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
• Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• Ephesians 1:15For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints,
• Colossians 1:7just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,
• 1 Thessalonians 3:6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,
• 2 John 1:2for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
• Psalms 119:11Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.

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