3 John 1:8
We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
In Context
7because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
Cross References
Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Matthew 10:40“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
2 Corinthians 6:1Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
Colossians 4:11and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who 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 →