Key Verse Spotlight
3 John 1:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;”
3 John 1:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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: {after...: Gr. worthy of God}
Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
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