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3 John 1:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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:

3 John 1:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 3 John 1:6

Theological / Devotional

Charity. Gr. agapē “love” (see on 1 Cor. 13:1).

Church. Gr. ekklēsia (see on Matt. 18:17).

Bring forward on their journey. Gr. propempō, “to accompany,” “to escort,” “to help on one’s journey.”

After a godly sort. Literally, “worthily of God” (cf. on 1 Thess. 2:12). Gaius was to see in every faithful Christian worker an ambassador for God, one who merited respectful treatment because of the work he was doing (see on Matt. 10:40; 2 Cor. 5:20).

Do well. The hospitality Gaius gave to traveling brethren would, in addition to promoting the preaching of the gospel, help to bind the believers together and counter the tendency for the workers to separate themselves into a hierarchy.

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