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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
3 John 1:5
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Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are,
Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers.
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,
My dear friend, it is good that you continue to help the believers. They are people you don't even know.
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in what you are providing for the brothers, and especially when they are strangers;
Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
Dear friend, you have always been faithful in helping other followers of the Lord, even the ones you didn't know before.
Dear friend, you are faithful in all the work you are doing for the brothers, even when they are strangers to you.
Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.
Our beloved, in faithfulness thou performest what thou doest unto the brethren, and especially to those who are strangers,
Our beloved, thou doest in faith, what thou performest towards the brethren; and especially towards strangers,
Beloued, thou doest faithfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the Brethren, and to strangers:
Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,
Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Dear friend, you act faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, even though they are strangers.
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you work for the brothers and for the strangers,
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brothers and sisters, and especially when they are strangers;
My dear friend, it is good that you help the brothers and sisters, even those you do not know.
Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and [fn] for strangers,
Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you.
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you;
Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren: and that for strangers,
Our beloved, you do faithfully that which you do to the brethren, especially to those who are strangers;
My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
Beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou dost to the brethren and to strangers,
My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
Most dere brother, thou doist feithfuli, what euer thou worchist in britheren, and that in to pilgrymys,
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do toward those that are brothers and strangers as well;
Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,
My dear child, whatever you do in behalf of the brethren, and of those who are strangers, is commendable.
Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible. They've made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love. It's good work you're doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself! They set out under the banner of the Name, and get no help from unbelievers. So they deserve any support we can give them. In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth.
Dear friend, you are doing a good work by being kind to the Christians, and for sure, to the strangers.
Listen, my friend. I want to thank you for taking such good care of the other cowboys, even if you don't know them.
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 24:45, Luke 12:42, Luke 16:10-12, 2 Corinthians 4:1-3, Colossians 3:17, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Peter 4:11
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:15 - for they dealt 2 Kings 22:7 - they dealt faithfully 2 Chronicles 31:20 - wrought Matthew 10:41 - that receiveth a prophet Matthew 25:16 - went Matthew 25:35 - I was a Luke 10:7 - for Acts 16:15 - If Romans 16:2 - ye receive Galatians 6:10 - especially Philippians 4:14 - ye have
Cross-References
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening - and it was morning, a, second day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a third day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fourth day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fifth day.
And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening - and it was morning, the sixth day.
During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge.
Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;
Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest;
Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune, - I - Yahweh, who doeth all these.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Beloved, thou doest faithfully,.... Or a faithful thing, and as became a faithful man, a believer in Christ; in all his beneficence and charity he acted the upright part; he did not do it in an hypocritical way, to be seen of men, and gain applause from them, but from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God:
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; which may design either different persons; and by "brethren" may be meant the poor brethren of the church that. Gaius belonged to, and others that were well known to him; and by "the strangers", not unconverted persons, but such of the saints as came from foreign parts, and travelled about to spread the Gospel, and enlarge the interest of Christ: or else the same persons may be intended, for the words may be read, as they are in the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and in the Vulgate Latin version, "what thou doest to the brethren, and this to strangers"; that is, as the Arabic version renders it, "to strange brethren"; or, as the Syriac version, "to the brethren, [and] especially [them] that are strangers"; so that Gaius was a very hospitable man, one that entertained and lodged strangers, and used them very civilly and courteously, with great liberality, and with much integrity and sincerity.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Beloved, thou doest faithfully - In the previous verses the writer had commended Gaius for his attachment to truth, and his general correctness in his Christian life. He now speaks more particularly of his acts of generous hospitality, and says that he had fully, in that respect, done his duty as a Christian.
Whatsoever thou doest - In all your contact with them, and in all your conduct toward them. The particular thing which led to this remark was his hospitality; but the testimony respecting his general conduct had been such as to justify this commendation.
To the brethren - Probably to Christians who were well known to him - perhaps referring to Christians in his own church.
And to strangers - Such as had gone to the church of which he was a member with a letter of commendation from John. Compare the Romans 12:13 note, and Hebrews 13:2 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 3 John 1:5. Thou doest faithfully — πιστον ποιεις. Kypke thinks that πιστον is put here for πιστιν, and that the phrase signifies to keep or preserve the faith, or to be bound by the faith, or to keep one's engagements. Thou hast acted as the faith-the Christian religion, required thee to act, in all that thou hast done, both to the brethren at home, and to the strangers-the itinerant evangelists, who, in the course of their travels, have called at thy house. There is not a word here about the pilgrims and penitential journeys which the papists contrive to bring out of this text.
