约翰叁书 1:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

稱讚該猶接待弟兄親愛的，你向弟兄所行的，特別是向外地來的弟兄所行的，都是出於忠心。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
亲 爱 的 兄 弟 阿 ， 凡 你 向 作 客 旅 之 弟 兄 所 行 的 都 是 忠 心 的 。

Contextual Overview

³ I was very happy when some brothers and sisters came and told me about the truth in your life and how you are following the way of truth. ⁴ Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are following the way of truth. ⁵ My dear friend, it is good that you help the brothers and sisters, even those you do not know. ⁶ They told the church about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way worthy of God. ⁷ They started out in service to Christ, and they have been accepting nothing from nonbelievers. ⁸ So we should help such people; when we do, we share in their work for the truth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 24:45, Luke 12:42, Luke 16:10-12, 2 Corinthians 4:1-3, Colossians 3:17, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Peter 4:11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:15 - for they dealt 2 Kings 22:7 - they dealt faithfully 2 Chronicles 31:20 - wrought Matthew 10:41 - that receiveth a prophet Matthew 25:16 - went Matthew 25:35 - I was a Luke 10:7 - for Acts 16:15 - If Romans 16:2 - ye receive Galatians 6:10 - especially Philippians 4:14 - ye have

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.

Genesis 1:13
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.

Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

Genesis 8:22
"As long as the earth continues, planting and harvest, cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night will not stop."

Psalms 19:2
Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again.

Psalms 74:16
Both the day and the night are yours; you made the sun and the moon.

Psalms 104:20
You make it dark, and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals creep around.

Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Beloved, thou doest faithfully,.... Or a faithful thing, and as became a faithful man, a believer in Christ; in all his beneficence and charity he acted the upright part; he did not do it in an hypocritical way, to be seen of men, and gain applause from them, but from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God:

whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; which may design either different persons; and by "brethren" may be meant the poor brethren of the church that. Gaius belonged to, and others that were well known to him; and by "the strangers", not unconverted persons, but such of the saints as came from foreign parts, and travelled about to spread the Gospel, and enlarge the interest of Christ: or else the same persons may be intended, for the words may be read, as they are in the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and in the Vulgate Latin version, "what thou doest to the brethren, and this to strangers"; that is, as the Arabic version renders it, "to strange brethren"; or, as the Syriac version, "to the brethren, [and] especially [them] that are strangers"; so that Gaius was a very hospitable man, one that entertained and lodged strangers, and used them very civilly and courteously, with great liberality, and with much integrity and sincerity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beloved, thou doest faithfully - In the previous verses the writer had commended Gaius for his attachment to truth, and his general correctness in his Christian life. He now speaks more particularly of his acts of generous hospitality, and says that he had fully, in that respect, done his duty as a Christian.

Whatsoever thou doest - In all your contact with them, and in all your conduct toward them. The particular thing which led to this remark was his hospitality; but the testimony respecting his general conduct had been such as to justify this commendation.

To the brethren - Probably to Christians who were well known to him - perhaps referring to Christians in his own church.

And to strangers - Such as had gone to the church of which he was a member with a letter of commendation from John. Compare the Romans 12:13 note, and Hebrews 13:2 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 3 John 1:5. Thou doest faithfully — πιστον ποιεις. Kypke thinks that πιστον is put here for πιστιν, and that the phrase signifies to keep or preserve the faith, or to be bound by the faith, or to keep one's engagements. Thou hast acted as the faith-the Christian religion, required thee to act, in all that thou hast done, both to the brethren at home, and to the strangers-the itinerant evangelists, who, in the course of their travels, have called at thy house. There is not a word here about the pilgrims and penitential journeys which the papists contrive to bring out of this text.