The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
wish. or, pray. above.
James 5:12 But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, …
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity …
that.
Psalm 20:1-5 The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob …
Philippians 2:4,27 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things …
even.
3 John 1:3-6 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brothers came and testified of the …
Colossians 1:4-6 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which …
1 Thessalonians 1:3-10 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, …
1 Thessalonians 2:13,14,19,20 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when you …
1 Thessalonians 3:6-9 But now when Timotheus came from you to us, and brought us good tidings …
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is meet, …
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved …
Philemon 1:5-7 Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, …
2 Peter 1:3-9 According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain …
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus …
Revelation 2:9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) …
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.
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, …
Philippians 1:4 Always in every prayer of my for you all making request with joy,
1 Thessalonians 2:19,20 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even …
when.
Romans 1:8,9 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your …
2 Corinthians 7:6,7 Nevertheless God, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted …
Ephesians 1:15,16 Why I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love …
Colossians 1:7,8 As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is …
1 Thessalonians 3:6-9 But now when Timotheus came from you to us, and brought us good tidings …
the truth.
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2 John 1:2,4 For the truth's sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us for ever…
Psalm 119:11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
have.
Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets …
that.
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs …
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have …
Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ …
Philemon 1:10 I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
walk.
1 Kings 2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, …
1 Kings 3:6 And Solomon said, You have showed to your servant David my father …
2 Kings 20:3 I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you …
Psalm 26:1-3 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted …
Isaiah 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech you, how I have walked …
John 12:35,36 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. …
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the 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:
have borne witness of thy charity.
3 John 1:12 Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yes, …
Philemon 1:5-7 Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, …
whom.
Acts 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through …
Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our …
Romans 15:24 Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I …
2 Corinthians 1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia …
Titus 3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that …
after a godly sort. or, worthy of God. This is a literal and proper rendering of the original [axios tou theos ;] by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. 'In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve.'
1 Thessalonians 2:12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory.
do well.
Genesis 4:7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, …
Jonah 4:4 Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry?
Matthew 25:21-23 His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you …
Acts 15:29 That you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and …
Philippians 4:14 Notwithstanding you have well done, that you did communicate with my affliction.
1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you …
Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
that.
Acts 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Acts 9:16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves …
Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which …
Revelation 2:3 And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, …
taking.
2 Kings 5:15,16,20-27 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, …
1 Corinthians 9:12-15,18 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? …
2 Corinthians 11:7-9 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, …
2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is it wherein you were inferior to other churches, except …
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
to receive.
3 John 1:10 Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating …
Matthew 10:14,40 And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you …
Luke 11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door …
2 Corinthians 7:2,3 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we …
fellow-helpers.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, …
1 Corinthians 16:10,11 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: …
2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you …
2 Corinthians 8:23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow helper …
Philippians 4:3 And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which …
Colossians 4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. …
1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow …
Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and …
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
who loveth. [Ho Philoproteuon] 'who loveth the presidency,' or chief place, doubtless in the church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and being one, magnified himself in his office: he loved such pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it.
Matthew 20:20-28 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping …
Matthew 23:4-8 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them …
Mark 9:34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among …
Mark 10:35-45 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying, Master, …
Luke 22:24-27 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted …
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor …
Philippians 2:3-5 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness …
Titus 1:7-16 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, …
receiveth. See on ver.
3 John 1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers …
Matthew 10:40-42 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives …
Mark 9:37 Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: …
Luke 9:48 And said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in my name receives …
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
I will.
1 Corinthians 5:1-5 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and …
2 Corinthians 10:1-11 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, …
2 Corinthians 13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time…
prating.
Proverbs 10:8,10 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall…
and casteth.
Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brothers …
Luke 6:22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate …
John 9:22,34,35 These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for …
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Beloved. Beloved, [agapetos <27>,] is in the vocative singular, and therefore refers to Gaius.
follow. Rather, imitate [mimou.]
Exodus 23:2 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak …
Psalm 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever more.
Proverbs 12:11 He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that …
Isaiah 1:16,17 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before …
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall …
1 Corinthians 4:16 Why I beseech you, be you followers of me.
1 Corinthians 11:1 Be you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Ephesians 5:1 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Philippians 3:17 Brothers, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so …
1 Thessalonians 1:6 And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received …
1 Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which …
2 Timothy 3:10 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, …
Hebrews 6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith …
1 Peter 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?
He that doeth good.
1 Peter 3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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1 John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that does …
1 John 3:6-9 Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither …
he that doeth evil.
John 3:20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the …
Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
face to face. Gr. mouth to mouth. Peace.
Genesis 43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of …
Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that …
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the …
Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father …
1 Peter 5:14 Greet you one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all …
Our.
Romans 16:10,11 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' …
friends. Instead of [philoi] and [philous,] friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several MSS. read [adelphos <80> and [adelphotes <81>,] brethren.
Greet. See on
Romans 16:1-16 I commend to you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church …
