3 John 1:3

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified concerning thy integrity, even as thou walkest in the truth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

In Context

2Our beloved; in all things, I pray for thee that thou mayest prosper and be in health, as thy soul doth prosper.

4And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:6But God who comforteth the depressed, comforted us by the arrival of Titus.

Philippians 1:4in all my prayers respecting you; and while I rejoice, I adore;

1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, and our joy, and the crown of our glorying; unless it be ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

2 John 1:2for the sake of the truth, which abideth in us and is with us for ever.

3 John 1:4And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

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 →

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