3 John 1:2
Our beloved; in all things, I pray for thee that thou mayest prosper and be in health, as thy soul doth prosper.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1THE Elder, to my beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
Cross References
Philippians 2:4And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor.
Colossians 1:4lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;
1 Thessalonians 2:13Therefore also we give thanks unceasingly to God, that the word of God which ye received from us, ye did not receive as the word of men, but as being truly the word of God, which worketh efficiently in you and in them that believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:6But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we to see you;
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren beloved of our Lord, that God hath from the beginning chosen you unto life, through sanctification of the Spirit, and through faith in the truth.
James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear ye not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your language be yes, yes, and no, no, lest ye become obnoxious to judgment.
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 →