the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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THE MESSAGE
3 John 1:6
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They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
Which haue borne witnesse of thy charitie before the Church: whome if thou bring forward on their iourney after a godly sort, thou shalt doe well:
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:
who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God.
and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
They told the church about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way worthy of God.
and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
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.
They have told the church about your love. They say you were good enough to welcome them and to send them on their mission in a way that God's servants deserve.
They have testified to your love in front of the congregation. You will be doing well if you send them on their way in a manner worthy of God,
(who have witnessed of thy love before [the] assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;
They told the church about the love you have. Please help them to continue their trip. Help them in a way that will please God.
Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,
Who have borne witness concerning your love before the whole church: for the good things which you have done for them by supplying their needs, as is pleasing to God,
They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God.
They have testified to your love before the church; you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
who in love bore witness of you before the assembly, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God.
and they have testified before the church of your love and friendship. You will do well to [assist them and] send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
who have testified of thy charity, before all the church, to whom thou hast done well according to that which is worthy of Aloha.
who have borne testimony to thy charity before the whole church, to whom thou doest good, as is pleasing to God.
Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche. Which brethren, yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte, thou shalt do well.
who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
Who have testified of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well.
They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God.
which yeldiden witnessing to thi charite, in the siyt of the chirche; which thou leddist forth, and doist wel worthili to God.
who bore witness to your love before the church: whom you will do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
Who have borne testimony of thy charity before the church: whom if thou shalt bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou wilt do well:
They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God.
They have told the church about your love. It will be good for you to help them on their way as God would have you.
they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God;
Who have borne witness to thy love before the assembly: whom thou wilt do, nobly, to set forward worthily of God.
Who have given testimony to thy charity in the sight of the church. Whom thou shalt do well to bring forward on their way in a manner worthy of God:
who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God's service.
which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well:
who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion: and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney, worthely before God.
they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner.
They came here and told us how you treated them. Keep on helping them all like this. If they are riding for the Lord, then send them away with enough that they can keep spreading the word. God likes that.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have borne witness of thy charity: 3 John 1:12, Philemon 1:5-7
whom: Acts 15:3, Acts 21:5, Romans 15:24, 2 Corinthians 1:16, Titus 3:13
after a godly sort: or, worthy of God, This is a literal and proper rendering of the original במישע [Strong's G516], פןץ [Strong's G5120], וןץ [Strong's G2316], by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." 1 Thessalonians 2:12
do well: Genesis 4:7, Jonah 4:4, Matthew 25:21-23, Acts 15:29, Philippians 4:14, 1 Peter 2:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:16 - to bring Judges 8:5 - loaves Ezra 1:4 - let the men Acts 13:3 - they sent Acts 14:26 - recommended Acts 28:15 - when 1 Corinthians 16:6 - that ye 1 Corinthians 16:11 - but 2 Peter 1:19 - ye do
Cross-References
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
A David Psalm God's glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning, Professor Night lectures each evening.
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness; Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings; Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute; Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin. Let every living, breathing creature praise God ! Hallelujah!
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
But God is the real thing— the living God, the eternal King. When he's angry, Earth shakes. Yes, and the godless nations quake.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church,.... At Ephesus, where John was; these brethren and strangers coming thither, and being greatly affected with Gaius's kindness and liberality to them, could not forbear speaking of it to his praise, in the presence of the members of the church, as well as acquainted the Apostle John with it; the Syriac version reads, "before the whole church"; they bore testimony of his liberality in a very public manner And this the apostle mentions to encourage Gaius to go on, and continue in his kindness to the same persons, since they retained such a grateful sense of past favours; and whereas they were now returning back, he desires that he would give them some further assistance:
whom if thou bring forward on their journey; the word here used signifies, to send on before, as in Acts 15:3, and is used by the Septuagint in the same sense as here, and in the above places, in Genesis 18:16; where it is said, that "Abraham went with them (the angels) to bring them on in the way", לשלחם, "to send them on", or "send them away"; dismiss them, take his leave of them in a friendly and honourable way. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, לאלוואיהון, "to accompany them"; and so this Greek word, which seems to answer to the Hebrew phrase, signifies an honourable accompanying, leading forth, and taking leave of friends; and so the apostle encourages Gaius to behave in like manner to the brethren and strangers; meaning, either by accompanying them in person, or by sending his servants along with them, both to direct them the way, and to secure them from danger, and chiefly by furnishing them with everything necessary for them; see Titus 3:13. And this he would have him do,
after a godly sort; or "worthy of God"; in imitation of God, who is merciful, kind, and beneficent; or as it became him whom God had called by his grace to his kingdom and glory; or as it was fit and proper such servants of God, as those brethren were, should be used; and this would be doing well:
thou shalt do well; what is grateful and well pleasing to God, and beautiful and lovely in the eyes of his people.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church - It would seem that they had returned to John, and borne honorable testimony to the love manifested to them by Gaius. Before what church they had borne this testimony is unknown. Perhaps it was the church in Ephesus.
Whom if thou bring forward on their journey - οὕς προπέμψας hous propempsas. “Whom bringing forward, or having brought forward.” The word refers to aid rendered to them in their journey, in facilitating their travels, either by personally accompanying them, by furnishing them the means of prosecuting their journey, or by hospitably entertaining them. Gaius probably aided them in every way in which it was practicable. It has been made a question whether this refer, to the fact that he had thus aided them in some visit which they had made to the church where Gaius was, or to a visit which they purposed to make. The Greek would seem to favor the latter construction, and yet it would appear from the Epistle, that the “brethren and strangers” actually had been with him that they had been rejected by the church through the influence of Diotrephes, and had been thrown upon the hospitality of Gaius, and that they had returned, and had borne honorable testimony to his hospitality. These views can be reconciled by supposing, as Lucke does, that having been once on their travels, and having shared the hospitality of Gaius, they were purposing to visit that region again, and that John, praising him for his former hospitality, commends them again to him, stating the reason 3 John 1:9-10 why he did not, in accordance with the usual custom, recommend them to the care of the church. They had now gone out 3 John 1:7 on the same errand upon which they had formerly gone, and they had now equal claims to the hospitality of the friends of religion.
After a godly sort - Margin, as in Greek, “worthy of God.” The meaning is, As becomes those who serve God; or as becomes those who are professors of his religion.
Thou shalt do well - You will do what religion requires in these circumstances.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 3 John 1:6. 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. Let all Churches, all congregations of Christians, from whom their ministers and preachers can claim nothing by law, and for whom the state makes no provision, lay this to heart; let them ask themselves, Do we deal with these in a manner worthy of God, and worthy of the profession we make? Do we suffer them to lack the bread that perisheth, while they minister to us with no sparing hand the bread of life? Let a certain class of religious people, who will find themselves out when they read this note, consider whether, when their preachers have ministered to them their certain or stated time, and are called to go and serve other Churches, they send them forth in a manner worthy of God, making a reasonable provision for the journey which they are obliged to take. In the itinerant ministry of the apostles it appears that each Church bore the expenses of the apostle to the next Church or district to which he was going to preach the word of life. So it should be still in the mission and itinerant ministry.
