3 John 1:2
Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
Cross References
Philippians 2:4Looke not euery man on his owne things, but euery man also on the things of other men.
Colossians 1:4Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,
1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
1 Thessalonians 3:6But now lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, and brought vs good tidings of your faith and loue, and that ye haue good remembrance of vs alwayes, desiring to see vs, as we also do you,
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought to giue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and the faith of trueth,
James 5:12But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.
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 →