Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
They have borne testimony to your love before the church. You will do well to speed them on their way worthily of God;
New American Standard Bible
and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to
King James Version
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:
Holman Bible
They have testified to your love in front of the church.
International Standard Version
They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
A Conservative Version
who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.
American Standard Version
who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
Amplified
and they have testified before the church of your love and friendship. You will do well to [assist them and] send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
An Understandable Version
These people testify about your love [for them] before the [assembled] church. You will be doing a good thing to send them on their journey in a way that is pleasing to God [i.e., by furnishing them with travel expenses for their ministry].
Anderson New Testament
who have testified to your love before the church: if you conduct these on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well:
Bible in Basic English
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
Common New Testament
and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner.
Darby Translation
(who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
These have borne testimony to your love, in the presence of the congregation; whom, if you help forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well.
Godbey New Testament
who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
they have testified before the church to your love. Please see them off on their journey in a way appropriate to God's service.
John Wesley New Testament
Who have testified of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well.
Julia Smith Translation
Who testified to thy love before the church: thou shalt do well, having sent them forward worthily of God.
King James 2000
Who have borne witness of your love before the church: whom if you send forward on their journey in a godly manner, you shall do well:
Lexham Expanded Bible
They have testified [to] your love before the church; you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
Modern King James verseion
who in love bore witness of you before the church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which bare witness of thy love before all the congregation. Which brethren, when thou bringest forwards on their journey - as it beseemeth God - thou shalt do well:
Moffatt New Testament
they have testified to your love before the church. Pray speed them on their journey worthily of God;
NET Bible
They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
New Heart English Bible
They have testified about your love before the church. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
Noyes New Testament
who bore witness of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, thou wilt do well.
Sawyer New Testament
who testified of your love before the church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who have borne testimony to thy love before the church; to whom thou wilt perform a good act of service in forwarding them on their journey, in a manner worthy of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They themselves have testified before the Church to your love; and you will do well to help them on their way in a manner worthy of the service of God.
Webster
Who have borne testimony of thy charity before the church: whom if thou shalt bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou wilt do well:
Weymouth New Testament
They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God.
Williams New Testament
They have testified before the church to your love. You will please send them off on their journey in a way befitting the service of God.
World English Bible
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,
Worrell New Testament
who testified to your love before the assembly; whom sending forward worthily of God, you will do well;
Worsley New Testament
who have borne witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well in forwarding, as is worthy of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 3 John 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Encouragement For Gaius
5 You are acting faithfully, beloved, in whatever you are doing for the brothers and the strangers. 6 They have borne testimony to your love before the church. You will do well to speed them on their way worthily of God; 7 since for the sake of the Name they have started out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:12
exhorting and imploring and adjuring each one among you to lead a life worthy of the God who called you into his own kingdom and glory.
Acts 15:3
So the church saw them off on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria. Here they set forth the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Titus 3:13
Speed Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, on their journey diligently.
Matthew 25:21-23
"'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.'
Acts 15:29
"that you abstain from food that has been sacrificed to idols, and from tasting blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. Keep yourselves clear from these things and it will be well with you. Farewell."
Acts 21:5
When, however, our time was up, we left and started on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children, were escorting us on our way until we were out of the city; then, kneeling down on the beach, we prayed,
Romans 15:24
whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.
2 Corinthians 1:16
I intended to go by you into Macedonia, and to come again to you from Macedonia, and by you to be sent forward on my way to Judea.
Philippians 4:14
Notwithstanding, you have acted nobly in making yourselves comrades in my trouble.
Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;
1 Peter 2:20
For what credit is it if, when you are struck for a fault, you take it patiently? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it, you always take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
3 John 1:12
All men bear testimony to Demetrius, and so does the truth itself. I also bear testimony to him; and you know that my testimony is true.