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3 John 3

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1:3For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.6

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Footnotes

  1. 6 Living according to the truth (Grk “walking in [the] truth”). The use of the Greek verb περιπατέω (peripateō) to refer to conduct or lifestyle is common in the NT (see 1 John 1:6, 2 John 4, as well as numerous times in Paul. Here the phrase refers to conduct that results when a person has “truth” residing within, and possibly alludes to the indwelling Spirit of Truth (see 2 John 2). In the specific context of 3 John the phrase refers to true Christians who are holding fast to an apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents’ challenge to orthodoxy.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I was very glad when fellow believers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth—how you are walking in truth.

NLTNew Living Translation

Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are walking in the truth.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.