3 John 1:8
It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
In Context
7For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
Cross References
Matthew 10:40"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.
1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.
2 Corinthians 6:1And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose.
2 Corinthians 8:23As for Titus, remember that he is a partner with me, and is my comrade in my labours for you. And as for our brethren, remember that they are delegates from the Churches, and are men in whom Christ is glorified.
Colossians 4:11Jesus, called Justus, also sends greeting. These three are Hebrew converts. They alone among such have worked loyally with me for the Kingdom of God--they are men who have been a comfort to me.
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 →