3 John 5-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Gaius Commended
5 Dear friend,[a] you are showing faithfulness[b] by whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers. 6 They have testified to your love in front of the church.(A) You will do well to send them on their journey(B) in a manner worthy of God,(C) 7 since they set out for the sake of the Name,(D) accepting nothing from pagans.(E) 8 Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we can be coworkers with[c] the truth.
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- 3 John 1:5 Or Beloved
- 3 John 1:5 Lit are doing a faithful thing
- 3 John 1:8 Or coworkers for
3 John 5-8
Lexham English Bible
Instructions to Gaius
5 Dear friend, you act faithfully[a] in whatever you do for the brothers, even though they are strangers[b]. 6 They have testified to your love before the church; you will do well to send them[c] on their way in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans.[d] 8 Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become fellow workers with the truth.
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- 3 John 1:5 Or “you act loyally”
- 3 John 1:5 Literally “and this strangers”
- 3 John 1:6 Literally “whom”
- 3 John 1:7 That is, Gentile unbelievers (as opposed to Gentile Christians)
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