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For I rejoiced exceedingly when [the] brethren came and bore testimony to thy [holding fast the] truth, even as *thou* walkest in truth.

I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.

Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,

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It gave me great joy when some believers(A) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(B) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(C) are walking in the truth.(D)

Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](E) even though they are strangers to you.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.