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4 I have no greater ajoy than to hear that bmy children walk in truth.  

Gaius Commended for Generosity

5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren1 and for strangers,  
6 who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
7 because they went forth for His name’s sake, ataking nothing from the Gentiles.  
8 We therefore ought to areceive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.  

Diotrephes and Demetrius

9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.
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3 John 1:6

Before the church (enwpion ekklhsiav). Public meeting as the anarthrous use of ekklhsia indicates, like en ekklhsiai in I Corinthians 14:19, I Corinthians 14:35.

Thou wilt do well (kalwv poihseiv). Future active of poiew with adverb kalwv, a common polite phrase in letters (papyri) like our "please." See also Acts 10:33; James 2:19; I Corinthians 7:37 f.; Philippians 4:14; II Peter 1:19.

To set forward on their journey (propemyav). First aorist active participle (simultaneous action) of propempw, to send forward, "sending forward," old word, in N.T. in Acts 15:3; Acts 20:38; Acts 21:5; I Corinthians 16:6, I Corinthians 16:11; II Corinthians 1:16; Romans 15:24; Titus 3:13.

Worthily of God (aciwv tou qeou). Precisely this phrase in I Thessalonians 2:12 and the genitive with aciwv also in Romans 16:2; Philippians 1:27; Colossians 1:10; Ephesians 4:1. See John 13:20 for Christ's words on the subject. "Since they are God's representatives, treat them as you would God" (Holtzmann). From Homer's time (Od. XV. 74) it was customary to speed the parting guest, sometimes accompanying him, sometimes providing money and food. Rabbis were so escorted and Paul alludes to the same gracious custom in Romans 15:24; Titus 3:13.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 3 John 1:6:

John 3:19
Acts 10:33
Acts 15:3
Acts 20:38
1 Corinthians 1:14
3 John 1:9

 

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