For (A)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that (B)my children are walking in the truth.

Support and Opposition

Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for (C)these brothers, (D)strangers as they are, who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner (E)worthy of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10

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