3 John 1:8
Therefore we ought to receive men like them, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
In Context
7For they went out for the sake of the Name, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.
Cross References
Matthew 10:40“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each?
2 Corinthians 6:1As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 8:23If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker in your service. If there is any question about our brothers, they are delegates of the churches, the glory of Christ.
Colossians 4:11Jesus who is called Justus also greets you. These men are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision, and they have been a comfort to me.
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 →