3 John 1:12
Of Demetrius, there is good testimony from every one, and from the church, and from the truth itself: and we also bear him testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
13I had many things to write to thee; but I will not write them to thee with ink and pen.
Cross References
John 19:35And he who saw it, hath testified: and his testimony is true: and he knoweth, that he speaketh the truth, that ye also may believe.
Acts 10:22They say to him: A certain man whose name is Cornelius, a centurion fearing God, and of whom all the people of the Jews bear good report, was told in vision, by a holy angel, to send and bring thee to his house, that he might hear discourse from thee.
1 Thessalonians 4:12and that ye walk becomingly towards those without; and that ye be dependent on no man.
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 →