3 John 1:7

3 John 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
• New International Version (NIV)It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)because they went forth for His name’s sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

Context of 3 John 1:7

5Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you. 6They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God. For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers. 8So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth. 9I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.

3 John 1:7 word by word

ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐξῆλθον μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνικῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because thatγάρgar · forG1063
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• name’s sakeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• name’s sakeὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• they went forthἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• takingλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• nothingμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484

Cross-references for 3 John 1:7

• Acts 8:4But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
• Acts 9:16And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:5You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• Colossians 1:24I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
• Revelation 2:3You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
• 2 Kings 5:15Then Naaman and his entire party went back to find the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:12If you support others who preach to you, shouldn’t we have an even greater right to be supported? But we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than be an obstacle to the Good News about Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 11:7Was I wrong when I humbled myself and honored you by preaching God’s Good News to you without expecting anything in return?
• 2 Corinthians 12:13The only thing I failed to do, which I do in the other churches, was to become a financial burden to you. Please forgive me for this wrong!

Commentaries on 3 John 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For his name's sake they went forth - For the sake of preaching the Gospel of the grace of God, and making known Jesus to the heathen. Taking nothing of the Gentiles - Receiving no emolument for their labor, but in every respect showing themselves to be truly disinterested. Sometimes, and on some special occasions, this may be necessary; but the laborer is worthy of his hire is the maxim of the author of Christianity. And those congregations of Christians…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Because that for his name‘s sake - The word “his” here refers to God; and the idea is, that they had undertaken this journey not on their own account, but in the cause of religion. They went forth - Or, “they have gone forth” - ̓͂ exēlthon- referring to the journey which they had then undertaken; not to the former one. Taking nothing of the Gentiles - The term “Gentile” embraced all who were not “Jews,” and it is evident that these persons went forth…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8On behalf of the Name: John did not need to specify whose name this was because early Christians understood that the Name referred to Jesus Christ (see Acts 5:41). The traveling teachers had chosen to accept nothing offered to them from people who are not Christians. Instead, they relied on the churches for support. Christians who give support to trustworthy traveling teachers share in their work as those teachers spread the truth (see Matthew 10:41–42…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. his name's sake--Christ's. went forth--as missionaries. taking nothing--refusing to receive aught by way of pay, or maintenance, though justly entitled to it, as Paul at Corinth and at Thessalonica. Gentiles--the Christians just gathered out by their labors from among the heathen. As Gaius himself was a Gentile convert, "the Gentiles" here must mean the converts just made from the heathen, the Gentiles to whom they had gone forth. It would have been…Read the comment

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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