3 John 3–4
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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
1:4I have no greater joy than this: to hear7 that my children are living according to the truth.8
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- 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.
- 7 Grk “that I hear”; the ἵνα (hina) clause indicates content. This is more smoothly expressed as an English infinitive.
- 8 Grk “walking in (the) truth” (see the note on the phrase “living according to the truth” in ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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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. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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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. I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in truth.
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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. I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
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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. I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.
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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. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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