3 John 1:6
who have borne testimony to thy charity before the whole church, to whom thou doest good, as is pleasing to God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
7For they went forth in behalf of his name, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
Cross References
Acts 15:3And the church waited on them, and sent them away; and they travelled through all Phenicia and the territory of the Samaritans, narrating the conversion of the Gentiles, and causing great joy to all the brethren.
Acts 21:5And after those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all clung to us, they and their wives and their children, until we were without the city; and they fell on their knees by the seaside, and prayed.
2 Corinthians 1:16and to pass by you into Macedonia, and again to come to you from Macedonia, and so ye would accompany me to Judaea.
Colossians 1:10that ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;
Titus 3:13As for Zenas the scribe, and Apollos, endeavor to help them well on their way, that they may want nothing.
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 →