3 John 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

3 John 1:6

They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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ASV

who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Which have borne witness of thy charity - Of thy love and benevolence. Before the Church - The believers at Ephesus; for to this Church the apostle seems to refer. Whom if thou bring forward - If thou continue to assist such, as thou hast done, thou shalt do well. The brethren of whom St. John speaks might have been apostles; the strangers, assistants to these apostles, as John Mark was to Barnabas. Both were itinerant evangelists. After a godly sort - Αξιως του Θεου· Worthy of God; and in such a way as he can approve.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Who have testified of thy love before the church - The congregation with whom I now reside. Whom if thou send forward on their journey - Supplied with what is needful.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The testimony or thing testified concerning Gaius--the truth that was in him, the reality of his faith, the sincerity of his religion, and his devotedness to God; and this evinced by his charity, which includes his love to the brethren, kindness to the poor, hospitality to Christian strangers, and readiness to accommodate them for the service of the gospel.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἳ	hoi	who	G3739 →
ἐμαρτύρησάν	emarturēsan	testified	G3140 →
σου	sou	of your	G4771 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ἀγάπῃ	agapē	love	G26 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
ἐκκλησίας,	ekklēsias	[the] church,	G1577 →
οὓς	hous	whom	G3739 →
καλῶς	kalōs	well	G2573 →
ποιήσεις	poiēseis	you will do	G4160 →
προπέμψας	propempsas	having set forward	G4311 →
ἀξίως	axiōs	worthily	G516 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	of God.	G2316 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 1:10
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
leads to
- Ephesians 4:1
  As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:2–3
  Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
- John 15:16
  You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- 1 John 3:22
  and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Through
1 Thessalonians 2:12
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
leads to
- 1 John 2:6
  Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- 1 John 1:6–7
  If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
  But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 3 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 3 John