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3 John 5–6

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5Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for ethese brothers, fstrangers as they are, 6who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner gworthy of God.

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  1. e[Gal. 6:10; Heb. 13:1]
  2. fSee Matt. 25:35
  3. g1 Thess. 2:12; [Col. 1:10]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you. They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers. 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,

NLTNew Living Translation

Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you. They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Dear friend, you act faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, even though they are strangers. 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 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: