3 John 1:6 “They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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,

Darby Translation

(who have witnessed of thy love before [the] assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;

Young's Literal Translation

who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

Bible in Basic English

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:

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Cross references

“have borne witness of thy charity”

Philemon 1:5–7 3 John 1:12

Philemon 1:5–7 · BSB

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

3 John 1:12 · BSB

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

“whom”

Acts 15:3 Titus 3:13 Romans 15:24 Acts 21:5 2 Corinthians 1:16

Acts 15:3 · BSB

Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

Titus 3:13 · BSB

Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.

Romans 15:24 · BSB

I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.

Acts 21:5 · BSB

But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

2 Corinthians 1:16 · BSB

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

“after a godly sort”

1 Thessalonians 2:12

1 Thessalonians 2:12 · BSB

encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

“do well”

Philippians 4:14 Genesis 4:7 Matthew 25:21–23 Acts 15:29 1 Peter 2:20 Jonah 4:4

Philippians 4:14 · BSB

Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

Genesis 4:7 · BSB

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

Matthew 25:21–23 · BSB

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Acts 15:29 · BSB

You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

1 Peter 2:20 · BSB

How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Jonah 4:4 · BSB

But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”

Also

Colossians 1:10

Colossians 1:10 · BSB

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,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

7For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

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