Parallel Verses
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 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;
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 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
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Context Readings
Encouragement For Gaius
5 Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers). 6 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. 7 For they have gone forth on behalf of "The Name," accepting nothing from the pagans.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:12
exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
Acts 15:3
So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
Titus 3:13
Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.
Genesis 4:7
Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it."
Jonah 4:4
The Lord said, "Are you really so very angry?"
Matthew 25:21-23
His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'
Acts 15:29
that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
Acts 21:5
When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,
Romans 15:24
when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
2 Corinthians 1:16
and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
Philippians 4:14
Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.
Colossians 1:10
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
1 Peter 2:20
For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
3 John 1:12
Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.