3 John 1:5
Beloved, thou do a faithful thing, whatever thou work for the brothers and for strangers,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
In Context
4I have no greater joy than these things that I hear my children walking in truth.
Cross References
Matthew 25:16And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents.
Luke 16:10The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
Galatians 6:10So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.
1 Peter 4:10As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Matthew Henry on 3 John 1:4-9
The Character of Gaius. ( a. d. 90.) 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 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: 7 Because that for his name's sake they went… Read the whole commentary →