Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
New American Standard Bible
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
King James Version
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Holman Bible
Dear friend,
International Standard Version
Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.
A Conservative Version
Beloved, I pray for thee to prosper concerning all things, and to be healthy, just as thy soul prospers.
American Standard Version
Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Amplified
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].
An Understandable Version
[My] dearly loved [friend], I am praying that you will do well in everything [materially ?] and that you will have [good] health, just as your soul [i.e., your spiritual life] is doing well.
Anderson New Testament
Beloved, I pray above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Bible in Basic English
My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.
Common New Testament
Beloved, I pray that you may be in good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I wish, my beloved, you may be as prosperous with regard to your health and other circumstances, as in what concerns your soul.
Darby Translation
Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Beloved, I pray, that with respect to all things, you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Godbey New Testament
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper concerning all things and be well, as your soul prospers.
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear friend, it is my prayer that everything is going well with you and that you are well; I know it is well with your soul.
John Wesley New Testament
Beloved, I wish above all things, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Julia Smith Translation
Dearly beloved, I pray above all things that thou succeed and be in good health, as thy soul succeeds.
King James 2000
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.
Modern King James verseion
Beloved, in regard to all things I pray that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wellbeloved, I wish in all things that thou prosperedest and faredest well, even as thy soul prospereth.
Moffatt New Testament
Beloved, I pray you may prosper in every way and keep well ??as indeed your soul is keeping well.
Montgomery New Testament
I pray that you may prosper, beloved, in every way, and be in good health, even as your soul is prospering.
New Heart English Bible
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.
Noyes New Testament
Beloved, in all things I pray that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Sawyer New Testament
Beloved, I desire above all things that you may prosper and be in health, as your soul prospers.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Beloved, above all things I pray that thou mayest prosper, and be in sound health of body, even as thy soul prospereth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Dear friend, I pray that all may be well with you and that you may have good health--I know that all is well with your soul.
Webster
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Weymouth New Testament
My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.
Williams New Testament
Dearly beloved, I am praying for you to continue to prosper in everything, and to keep well, just as your soul is prospering.
World English Bible
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.
Worrell New Testament
Beloved, I pray that, in all things, you may be prosperous, and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Worsley New Testament
Beloved, I earnestly pray, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Youngs Literal Translation
beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
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Encouragement For Gaius
1 From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth. 2 Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.
Cross References
Psalm 20:1-5
For the music director; a psalm of David. May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!
Philippians 2:4
Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
Philippians 2:27
In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
Colossians 1:4-6
since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
1 Thessalonians 1:3-10
because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
1 Thessalonians 3:6-9
But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
James 5:12
And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
2 Peter 1:3-9
I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
3 John 1:3-6
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.
Revelation 2:9
I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.