3 John 1:14

3John 1:15. εἰρήνη σοι, pax tibi, the Jewish greeting, שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (Judges 6:23; Judges 19:20), οἱ φίλοι, those at Ephesus; τοὺς φίλους, those with Gaius. St. John knew all “by name,” and would have named them had space permitted. He had the true shepherd's heart (cf. John 10:3, the only other place where κατʼ ὄνομα occurs in N.T.). Ignat., ad Smyrn., xiii. 2: ἀσπάζομαι Ἄλκην, τὸ παθητόν μοι ὄνομα, καὶ Δάφνον, τὸν ἀσύγκριτον καὶ εὔτεκνον, καὶ πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα.