3 John 1:5
My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
In Context
4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 25:16Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more.
Luke 16:10The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.
Galatians 6:10So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.
1 Peter 4:10Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.
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 →