3 John 1 (NET)

3 John 1:1¹From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:181 Cor 1:14Rom 16:232 John 1:1-13Acts 19:29Acts 20:4

3 John 1:2²Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:3-92 Pet 3:18Col 1:4-61 Pet 4:81 Thess 2:13-14Ps 20:1-52 Thess 1:31 Thess 1:3-10Phlm 1:5-7Phil 2:4

3 John 1:3³For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 John 1:41 Thess 3:6-92 John 1:21 Thess 2:19-202 Cor 7:6-73 John 1:4Ps 119:11Rom 1:8-9Col 1:7-8Eph 1:15-16

3 John 1:4⁴I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:191 Tim 1:22 Tim 1:2Prov 23:242 Kgs 20:31 Kgs 2:4Gal 2:141 Kgs 3:6John 12:35-36Phlm 1:10

3 John 1:5⁵Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 6:10Col 3:17Luke 12:42Luke 16:10-122 Cor 4:1-3Matt 24:451 Pet 4:10-11

3 John 1:6⁶They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:12Acts 15:3Titus 3:13Phlm 1:5-7Col 1:10Phil 4:14Rom 15:241 Pet 2:202 Cor 1:163 John 1:12

3 John 1:7⁷For they have gone forth on behalf of “The Name,” accepting nothing from the pagans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:52 Kgs 5:15-16Rev 2:31 Cor 9:182 Cor 11:7-92 Cor 12:13Col 1:241 Cor 9:12-152 Kgs 5:20-27Acts 5:41

3 John 1:8⁸Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 16:10-111 Cor 3:5-91 Thess 3:22 Cor 6:12 Cor 7:2-32 Cor 8:23Col 4:11Phil 4:3Phlm 1:243 John 1:10

3 John 1:9⁹I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 1:7-16Luke 22:24-27Luke 9:48Matt 23:4-8Mark 9:34Matt 10:40-42Phil 2:3-5Rom 12:103 John 1:8Mark 10:35-45

3 John 1:10¹⁰Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing —the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:52 Cor 13:2Luke 6:22Prov 10:10Prov 10:81 Cor 5:1-52 Cor 10:1-113 John 1:5John 9:22John 9:34-35

3 John 1:11¹¹Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:16-17Ps 37:27Eph 5:11 Pet 3:111 Pet 3:13John 3:20Ps 34:141 John 3:6-91 John 2:292 Tim 3:10

3 John 1:12¹²Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 3:7John 21:24Acts 10:22Acts 22:12John 19:351 Thess 4:12

3 John 1:13¹³I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 John 1:12

3 John 1:14¹⁴But I hope to see you right away, and we will speak face to face.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:14Dan 4:1Eph 6:23Gal 5:16Gen 43:23Rom 16:1-16

3 John 1:15¹⁵Peace be with you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 10:3