the First Week of Lent
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King James Version
3 John 1:4
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I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in truth.
I haue no greater ioy, then to heare that my children walke in truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are following the way of truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my children are obeying the truth.
Nothing gives me greater joy than hearing that my children are living in the truth.
I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.
It always gives me the greatest joy when I hear that my children are following the way of truth.
I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children follow the truth.
Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.
I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear my children are walking in truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth.
Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth.[xr]
And greater joy than this I have not (than) when I hear that my sons walk in the truth.
And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth.
I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie.
Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.
Y haue not more grace of these thingis, than that Y here that my sones walke in treuthe.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. [fn]
I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
I can have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
I have no, greater, favour than these things, that I should be hearing that, my own children, in the truth, are walking.
I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.
No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie.
greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
I haue no greater ioye, the to heare that my childre walke in the trueth.
greater joy I cannot have, than to hear that my children are attach'd to the truth.
It sure didn't surprise me any, but I was glad about it nonetheless.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have: Proverbs 23:24
that: Isaiah 8:18, 1 Corinthians 4:15, Galatians 4:19, Philemon 1:10
walk: 1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 3:6, 2 Kings 20:3, Psalms 26:1-3, Isaiah 38:3, John 12:35, John 12:36, Galatians 2:14
Reciprocal: Psalms 26:3 - and Psalms 86:11 - I will Proverbs 17:21 - hath Proverbs 20:7 - just Proverbs 23:15 - if Acts 11:23 - seen Romans 1:12 - that I may 1 Corinthians 16:18 - they 2 Corinthians 6:13 - I speak Philippians 1:27 - I may Philippians 2:2 - Fulfil Philippians 2:19 - that I Colossians 1:4 - we Philemon 1:20 - let me 1 John 1:7 - If we 2 John 1:4 - rejoiced 3 John 1:3 - I
Cross-References
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have no greater joy,.... Nothing that causes greater joy. The Vulgate Latin version reads "grace" or "thanks"; and then the sense is, that he had nothing to be more thankful for:
than to hear that my children walk in truth; meaning his spiritual children, those whose conversion he had been the instrument of; and among these it seems Gaius was one.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth - That they adhere steadfastly to the truth, and that they live in accordance with it. This is such language as would be used by an aged apostle when speaking of those who had been converted by his instrumentality, and who looked up to him as a father; and we may, therefore, infer that Gaius had been converted under the ministry of John, and that he was probably a much younger man than he was. John, the aged apostle, says that he had no higher happiness than to learn, respecting those who regarded him as their spiritual father, that they were steadfast in their adherence to the doctrines of religion. The same thing may be:
(a) of all the ministers of the gospel, that their highest comfort is found in the fact that those to whom they minister, whether still under their care or removed from them, persevere in a steadfast attachment to the true doctrines of religion, and live accordingly; and,
(b) of all Christian parents respecting their own children. the highest joy that a Christian parent can have is to know that his children, whether at home or abroad, adhere to the truths of religion, and live in accordance with the requirements of the gospel of Christ.
If a child wished to confer the highest possible happiness upon his parents when with them, it would be by becoming a decided Christian; if, when abroad, in foreign lands or his own, he wished to convey intelligence to them that would most thrill their hearts with joy, it would be to announce to them that he had given his heart to God. There is no joy in a family like that when children are converted; there is no news that comes from abroad that diffuses so much happiness through the domestic circle as the intelligence that a child is truly converted to the Saviour. There is nothing that would give more peace to the dying pillow of the Christian parent, than to be able to leave the world with the assurance that his children would always walk in truth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 3 John 1:4. To hear that my children — From this it has been inferred that Caius was one of St. John's converts, and consequently not the Corinthian Caius, who was converted, most probably, by St. Paul. But the apostle might use the term children here as implying those who were immediately under his pastoral care, and, being an old man, he had a right to use such terms in addressing his juniors both in age and grace; and there is much both of propriety and dignity in the appellation coming from such a person.
