3 John 1:3
For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Philippians 1:4In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
1 Thessalonians 2:19After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
2 John 1:2because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
3 John 1:4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking 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 →