3 John 1:3

Contextual Overview

³For I was very glad when fellow believers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth—how you are walking in truth. ³ For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, euen as thou walkest in the trueth. ³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. ³ For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. ³ For I was overjoyed when brothers came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth.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. ³ For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth.³For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.³ It makes me very happy when the Lord's followers come by and speak openly of how you obey the truth. ³ For I was so happy when some brothers came and testified how faithful you are to the truth, as you continue living in the truth.

Bible Verse Review
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I: 3 John 1:4, 2 John 1:4, Philippians 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:20

when: Romans 1:8, Romans 1:9, 2 Corinthians 7:6, 2 Corinthians 7:7, Ephesians 1:15, Ephesians 1:16, Colossians 1:7, Colossians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-9

the truth: 2 John 1:2, 2 John 1:4, Psalms 119:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 26:3 - and Psalms 86:11 - I will Proverbs 20:7 - just Proverbs 23:15 - if Romans 1:12 - that I may Romans 6:17 - But 1 Corinthians 13:6 - rejoiceth Philippians 1:27 - I may Philippians 2:19 - that I Colossians 1:4 - we Philemon 1:7 - great joy 1 John 1:8 - the truth 1 John 2:14 - the word 1 John 2:24 - abide 3 John 1:2 - even

Cross-References

Job 36:30
See how he spreads his lightning around himand covers the depths of the sea.

Job 36:30
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:30
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.

Job 36:30
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.

Job 36:30
See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

Job 36:30
"Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds], And He covers the depths of the sea.

Job 36:30
"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.

Job 36:30
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:30
Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came,.... From the place where Gaius lived, to that where John now resided; these brethren seem to be preachers of the word, who travelled from place to place to spread the Gospel:

and testified of the truth that is in thee; either of Christ, who was formed in him; or of the Gospel, which had a place in his heart; or of the truth of grace that was in him, as well as of that faithfulness, integrity, and sincerity he appeared to be possessed of, being an Israelite indeed, and without guile:

even as thou walkest in the truth: in Christ, and in the Gospel, and as became it, and with all uprightness; see 2 John 1:4; and this occasioned great joy in the apostle; as it is matter of joy to every one that truly loves Christ, and his Gospel; or has the true grace of charity in him, which envies not the gifts and graces of others, but rejoiceth in the truth, wherever it is found; and especially to the faithful ministers of the word, when they hear of the truth of grace in any souls, and that such continue walking in the truth of the Gospel, and particularly those who have been wrought upon under their ministry, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came - Who these were is not certainly known. They may have been members of the same church with Gaius, who, for some reason, had visited the writer of this Epistle; or they may have been the “brethren” who had gone from him with a letter of commendation to the church, 3 John 1:9, and had been rejected by the church through the influence of Diotrephes, and who, after having been hospitably entertained by Gaius, had again returned to the writer of this Epistle. In that case, they would of course bear honorable testimony to the kindness which they had received from Gaius, and to his Christian character.

And testified of the truth that is in thee - That you adhere steadfastly to the truth, notwithstanding the fact that errors abound, and that there are many false teachers in the world.

Even as thou walkest in the truth - Livest in accordance with the truth. The writer had made the same remark of the children of Cyria, to whom the second Epistle was directed. See the notes at 2 John 1:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 3 John 1:3. When the brethren came — Probably the same of whom he speaks in the fifth 3 John 1:5 and following verses, and who appear to have been itinerant evangelists.

The truth that is in thee — The soundness of thy faith and the depth of thy religion.