3 John 1:12
Concerning Demetrios is a testimony from every man, and from the church, and from the truth itself. But we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
13I have many things which I would write to thee, but I will not with ink and reed write to thee.
Cross References
John 19:35And he who SAW testifieth, and the truth is his testimony; and he knoweth that the truth he hath said, that you also may believe.
Acts 10:22They said to him, A certain man whose name is Cornelius, a centurion, who feareth Aloha, and of whom all the people of the Jihudoyee give witness, hath been told in a vision by an holy angel to send and bring thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.
1 Thessalonians 4:12that you may walk becomingly towards the outward-ones, and of man you may not need.
Matthew Henry on 3 John 1:10-12
The Character of Diotrephes. ( a. d. 90.) 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil… Read the whole commentary →