3 John 1:3
For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified to the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Beloved, I pray above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Philippians 1:4always in every supplication of mine for you all, making my supplication with joy―
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? You indeed are our glory and joy.
2 John 1:2we all love you, on account of the truth that dwells in us, and which will be with us forever:
3 John 1:4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.
Matthew Henry on 3 John 1:2-3
Completed by John Reynolds, of Shrewsbury . Christian communion is exerted and cherished by letter. Christians are to be commended in the practical proof of their professed subjection to the gospel of Christ. The animating and countenancing of generous and public-spirited persons is doing good to many—to this end the apostle sends this encouraging epistle to his friend Gaius, in which also he complains of the quite opposite spirit and practice of a certain minister, and confirms the good report concerning another… Read the whole commentary →