3 John 1:5
Our beloved, in faithfulness thou performest what thou doest unto the brethren, and especially to those who are strangers,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
In Context
4And greater joy than this I have not (than) when I hear that my sons walk in the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 25:16But he who had received five talents went and traded with them, and gained five others.
Luke 16:10Whoever in the little is faithful, in the great also is faithful; and he who in the little is unjust, in the great also is unjust.
Galatians 6:10Now, therefore, while the time is ours, let us do good unto every man, and especially to the sons of the house of the faith.
1 Peter 4:10And every man of you the gift which he hath received from Aloha, let him minister thereof unto his neighbours as good stewards of the various grace of Aloha.
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 →