3 John 1:1-4
Address and commendation of Gaius:... [ Continue Reading ]
Address and commendation of Gaius:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ELDER UNTO THE WELL-BELOVED GAIUS, WHOM I LOVE IN THE TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL THINGS THAT THOU MAYEST PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS THY SOUL PROSPERETH.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I REJOICED GREATLY WHEN THE BRETHREN CAME AND TESTIFIED OF THE TRUTH THAT IS IN THEE, EVEN AS THOU WALKEST IN THE TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN WALK IN THE TRUTH. The address, or superscription, of the letter is very brief: The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. The apostle here again calls himself simply the elder, although he might have stressed his apostolic authority. H... [ Continue Reading ]
BELOVED, THOU DOEST FAITHFULLY WHATSOEVER THOU DOEST TO THE BRETHREN AND TO STRANGERS,... [ Continue Reading ]
The hospitality of Gaius:... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE THAT FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE THEY WENT FORTH, TAKING NOTHING OF THE GENTILES.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE, THEREFORE, OUGHT TO RECEIVE SUCH, THAT WE MIGHT BE FELLOW-HELPERS TO THE TRUTH. The apostle here specifies the virtue in which Gaius excelled: Beloved, thou art acting as a faithful brother in rendering service to the brethren, strangers at that. It was an act of faithfulness agreeing well with... [ Continue Reading ]
I WROTE UNTO THE CHURCH; BUT DIOTREPHES, WHO LOVETH TO HAVE THE PREEMINENCE AMONG THEM, RECEIVETH US NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
The insolence of Diotrephes:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, IF I COME, I WILL REMEMBER HIS DEEDS WHICH HE DOETH, PRATING AGAINST US WITH MALICIOUS WORDS; AND NOT CONTENT THEREWITH, NEITHER DOTH HE HIMSELF RECEIVE THE BRETHREN, AND FORBIDDETH THEM THAT WOULD, AND CASTETH THEM OUT OF THE CHURCH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELOVED, FOLLOW NOT THAT WHICH IS EVIL, BUT THAT WHICH IS GOOD. HE THAT DOETH GOOD IS OF GOD; BUT HE THAT DOETH EVIL HATH NOT SEEN GOD. Diotrephes seems to have held some office in the church; he may have been an elder in the congregation to which Gaius belonged. His behavior shows to what lengths... [ Continue Reading ]
DEMETRIUS HATH GOOD REPORT OF ALL MEN AND OF THE TRUTH ITSELF; YEA, AND WE ALSO BEAR RECORD; AND YE KNOW THAT OUR RECORD IS TRUE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Commendation of Demetrius and conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAD MANY THINGS TO WRITE, BUT I WILL NOT WITH INK AND PEN WRITE UNTO THEE;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I TRUST I SHALL SHORTLY SEE THEE, AND WE SHALL SPEAK FACE TO FACE. PEACE BE TO THEE. OUR FRIENDS SALUTE THEE. GREET THE FRIENDS BY NAME. The apostle now commends Demetrius, who was apparently the bearer of this letter To Demetrius testimony has been borne by all and by the truth itself; and we... [ Continue Reading ]