Bible Strands
3 John 1:6
They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author writes to a faithful Christian leader regarding a group of traveling missionaries who have just arrived and reported his recent hospitality.
The words — ἀγάπης (agapēs) means love and ἐνώπιον (enōpion) means before, structuring the report so the missionaries declare the recipient's love directly to the church assembly.
The thread — The directive to support itinerant workers appears in Acts 15:3 and Titus 3:13, while the charge to act "in a manner worthy of God" parallels the ethical framework in 1 Thessalonians 2:12.
Why it lands — The text commands practical provision for teachers who serve the Name without Gentile funding, requiring the reader to convert verbal testimony into material support.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
- Acts 15:3 Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- Titus 3:13 Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
- Philemon 1:5 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
- Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- Romans 15:24 I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
- Philippians 4:14 Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
- Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
- Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Acts 15:29 You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.