3 John 1:8

Translations

Modern

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Traditional

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

Literal

Therefore we ought to support such, so that we may be fellow workers in the truth.

Latin

Nos ergo debemus suscipere hujusmodi, ut cooperatores simus veritatis.

Original

Greek

English

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

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).

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1 Thessalonians 3:2
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Philemon 1:2
…to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:
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He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

Glossary

Hospitality Third Letter of John

Topics

Hospitality: Gaius Hospitality: General Scriptures Concerning Missionary Work by Ministers: Aid Those Engaged In

3 John 1:8

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