3 John 1:7

Translations

Modern

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

Traditional

Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

Literal

For they went out on behalf of the Name, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.

Latin

Pro nomine enim ejus profecti sunt, nihil accipientes a gentibus.

Original

Greek

English

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

Notes

3 John 1:7–8

On behalf of the Name: John did not need to specify whose name this was because early Christians understood that the Name referred to Jesus Christ (see Acts 5:41).
The traveling teachers had chosen to accept nothing offered to them from people who are not Christians. Instead, they relied on the churches for support. Christians who give support to trustworthy traveling teachers share in their work as those teachers spread the truth (see Matthew 10:41–42; Philippians 4:15–19).

3 John 1:5–8

John encourages Gaius to keep supporting the traveling teachers that John sent out (1:3).

Related verses

2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Kings 5:15–16
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
Revelation 2:3
Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
2 Corinthians 12:13
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
2 Corinthians 11:7–9
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
1 Corinthians 9:12–15
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
2 Kings 5:20–27
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Acts 8:4
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
Acts 5:41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

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Hospitality Third Letter of John

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3 John 1:7

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