Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords
3 John,1,1,"John called Gaius 'wellbeloved' and said that he loved him 'in the truth'","CALLED,GAIUS,HE,HIM,JOHN,LOVED,SAID,TRUTH,WELLBELOVED"
3 John,1,1,"Love needs to be accompanied by truth","ACCOMPANIED,LOVE,NEEDS,TRUTH"
3 John,1,1,"The apostle John referred to himself as 'the elder' when this book was written","APOSTLE,BOOK,ELDER,HIMSELF,JOHN,REFERRED,WHEN,WRITTEN"
3 John,1,1,"The book of 3 John was written by the apostle John to a person named Gaius","APOSTLE,BOOK,GAIUS,JOHN,NAMED,PERSON,WRITTEN"
3 John,1,2,"Even though Gaius may not have had much material wealth or health, his soul prospered","GAIUS,HEALTH,HIS,MATERIAL,MUCH,NOT,PROSPERED,SOUL,WEALTH"
3 John,1,2,"God did not call His people to take a vow of poverty, which can be seen by the fact that John wanted Gaius to prosper in the material things of this world","CALL,CAN,FACT,GAIUS,GOD,HIS,JOHN,MATERIAL,NOT,PEOPLE,POVERTY,PROSPER,SEEN,TAKE,THINGS,VOW,WANTED,WHICH,WORLD"
3 John,1,2,"It is not a sin to wish that the saints of God would prosper, or have good health","GOD,GOOD,HEALTH,NOT,PROSPER,SAINTS,SIN,WISH"
3 John,1,2,"It is possible for our soul to prosper and be in good health even if we are poor or sick","GOOD,HEALTH,IF,OUR,POOR,POSSIBLE,PROSPER,SICK,SOUL"
3 John,1,2,"The apostle John wished 'above all things' that Gaius would prosper and be in good health","ABOVE,ALL,APOSTLE,GAIUS,GOOD,HEALTH,JOHN,PROSPER,THINGS,WISHED"
3 John,1,3,"It is very important for us to walk in the truth; when that happens it is a cause for rejoicing","CAUSE,HAPPENS,IMPORTANT,REJOICING,TRUTH,WALK,WHEN"
3 John,1,3,"John knew that the truth was in Gaius because he was demonstrating it by walking in the truth","BECAUSE,DEMONSTRATING,GAIUS,HE,JOHN,KNEW,TRUTH,WALKING"
3 John,1,3,"John was visited by brethren who knew Gaius, who testified that he walked in the truth","BRETHREN,GAIUS,HE,JOHN,KNEW,TESTIFIED,TRUTH,VISITED,WALKED,WHO"
3 John,1,3,"Since the brethren came to John and specifically testified of Gaius, he must have been a real person","BRETHREN,GAIUS,HE,JOHN,MUST,PERSON,REAL,SINCE,SPECIFICALLY,TESTIFIED"
3 John,1,3,"The apostle John rejoiced greatly when he learned that Gaius walked in the truth","APOSTLE,GAIUS,GREATLY,HE,JOHN,LEARNED,REJOICED,TRUTH,WALKED,WHEN"
3 John,1,4,"John referred to other believers as his children","BELIEVERS,CHILDREN,HIS,JOHN,REFERRED"
3 John,1,4,"The apostle John said that his greatest joy was that other people would walk in the truth","APOSTLE,GREATEST,HIS,JOHN,JOY,PEOPLE,SAID,TRUTH,WALK"
3 John,1,4,"The truth was very important to the apostle John","APOSTLE,IMPORTANT,JOHN,TRUTH"
3 John,1,5,"John did not think it was inappropriate to express sincere love toward others or call them 'beloved'; at that time it was not viewed in a romantic or sexual light","BELOVED,CALL,EXPRESS,INAPPROPRIATE,JOHN,LIGHT,LOVE,NOT,ROMANTIC,SEXUAL,SINCERE,THINK,TIME,VIEWED"
3 John,1,5,"John was pleased because Gaius acted faithfully both toward those who were within the church, and those who were outside of it","ACTED,BECAUSE,CHURCH,FAITHFULLY,GAIUS,JOHN,OUTSIDE,PLEASED,WHO"
3 John,1,6,"It is good to hear reports of what is going on in other churches","CHURCHES,GOING,GOOD,HEAR,REPORTS,WHAT"
3 John,1,6,"It is good to recognize and encourage people who are doing good","DOING,ENCOURAGE,GOOD,PEOPLE,RECOGNIZE,WHO"
3 John,1,6,"It is good to show charity by helping the saints carry out their godly missions","CARRY,CHARITY,GODLY,GOOD,HELPING,SAINTS,SHOW"
3 John,1,6,"John encouraged Gaius to help other people on their journeys, provided they were doing good","DOING,ENCOURAGED,GAIUS,GOOD,HELP,JOHN,JOURNEYS,PEOPLE,PROVIDED"
3 John,1,6,"Since Gaius demonstrated charity before the church, this means that Gaius was most likely a specific person and not a metaphor for the church","BEFORE,CHARITY,CHURCH,DEMONSTRATED,GAIUS,LIKELY,MEANS,METAPHOR,NOT,PERSON,SINCE,SPECIFIC"
3 John,1,6,"The apostles did not believe that what happened within a church was a private matter that should not be discussed with those who did not attend that specific church","APOSTLES,ATTEND,BELIEVE,CHURCH,DISCUSSED,HAPPENED,MATTER,NOT,PRIVATE,SHOULD,SPECIFIC,WHAT,WHO"
3 John,1,6,"The apostles received reports about both good and bad actions that went on in the churches, and they responded to those reports","ACTIONS,APOSTLES,BAD,CHURCHES,GOOD,RECEIVED,REPORTS,RESPONDED,WENT"
3 John,1,6,"The brethren testified to John that Gaius demonstrated charity in the presence of the church","BRETHREN,CHARITY,CHURCH,DEMONSTRATED,GAIUS,JOHN,PRESENCE,TESTIFIED"
3 John,1,7,"Gaius helped these missionaries spread the gospel to the Gentiles by financially supporting them, so they would not have to raise money from the Gentiles themselves","FINANCIALLY,GAIUS,GENTILES,GOSPEL,HELPED,MISSIONARIES,MONEY,NOT,RAISE,SPREAD,SUPPORTING,THESE"
3 John,1,7,"It is good for churches to financially support missionaries so that those missionaries do not have to put a financial burden on the people they are preaching to","BURDEN,CHURCHES,DO,FINANCIAL,FINANCIALLY,GOOD,MISSIONARIES,NOT,PEOPLE,PREACHING,PUT,SUPPORT"
3 John,1,7,"It is good to recognize and encourage churches that financially support missionaries","CHURCHES,ENCOURAGE,FINANCIALLY,GOOD,MISSIONARIES,RECOGNIZE,SUPPORT"
3 John,1,7,"The people Gaius helped had gone on a journey for the sake of Christ","CHRIST,GAIUS,GONE,HELPED,JOURNEY,PEOPLE,SAKE"
3 John,1,8,"Churches have a responsibility to receive and help missionaries","CHURCHES,HELP,MISSIONARIES,RECEIVE,RESPONSIBILITY"
3 John,1,8,"Churches that help missionaries are 'fellowhelpers to the truth'","CHURCHES,FELLOWHELPERS,HELP,MISSIONARIES,TRUTH"
3 John,1,8,"John was holding up Gaius as an example to follow, because he received missionaries and helped them on their journey","BECAUSE,EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,GAIUS,HE,HELPED,HOLDING,JOHN,JOURNEY,MISSIONARIES,RECEIVED,UP"
3 John,1,9,"Diotrephes cared more about pride and himself than spreading the truth of the gospel to the Gentiles","CARED,DIOTREPHES,GENTILES,GOSPEL,HIMSELF,PRIDE,SPREADING,TRUTH"
3 John,1,9,"Diotrephes refused to receive John because he was proud; he wanted to have preeminence among them","AMONG,BECAUSE,DIOTREPHES,HE,JOHN,PREEMINENCE,PROUD,RECEIVE,REFUSED,WANTED"
3 John,1,9,"Diotrephes refused to receive the apostle John","APOSTLE,DIOTREPHES,JOHN,RECEIVE,REFUSED"
3 John,1,9,"John called out an evildoer by name and condemned him","CALLED,CONDEMNED,EVILDOER,HIM,JOHN,NAME"
3 John,1,9,"John did not believe in hiding the sins that were going on in a church; instead he publicly rebuked them","BELIEVE,CHURCH,GOING,HE,HIDING,INSTEAD,JOHN,NOT,PUBLICLY,REBUKED,SINS"
3 John,1,9,"John did not believe it was wrong to call out evildoers by name, or publicly rebuke them for something they did within the context of a specific church","BELIEVE,CALL,CHURCH,CONTEXT,EVILDOERS,JOHN,NAME,NOT,PUBLICLY,REBUKE,SOMETHING,SPECIFIC,WRONG"
3 John,1,9,"John wrote to the church before he wrote this letter, but he was rejected","BEFORE,CHURCH,HE,JOHN,LETTER,REJECTED,WROTE"
3 John,1,10,"John condemned Diotrephes for speaking maliciously","CONDEMNED,DIOTREPHES,JOHN,MALICIOUSLY,SPEAKING"
3 John,1,10,"John did not follow the Matthew 18 procedure for reconciling with Diotrephes, because this was not a private matter between Diotrephes and John; instead it was a public matter because Diotrephes was casting people out of the church, and refusing to receive missionaries","BECAUSE,BETWEEN,CASTING,CHURCH,DIOTREPHES,FOLLOW,INSTEAD,JOHN,MATTER,MATTHEW,MISSIONARIES,NOT,PEOPLE,PRIVATE,PUBLIC,RECEIVE,RECONCILING,REFUSING"
3 John,1,10,"John did not hide the evil things that Diotrephes had done, but instead publicly rebuked him for it; he  made sure that everyone knew the evil things he was doing, and John condemned his deeds as a sin","CONDEMNED,DEEDS,DIOTREPHES,DOING,DONE,EVERYONE,EVIL,HE,HIDE,HIM,HIS,INSTEAD,JOHN,KNEW,MADE,NOT,PUBLICLY,REBUKED,SIN,SURE,THINGS"
3 John,1,10,"John said that if he visited that church in person he would remember the evil deeds of Diotrephes","CHURCH,DEEDS,DIOTREPHES,EVIL,HE,IF,JOHN,PERSON,REMEMBER,SAID,VISITED"
3 John,1,10,"Not only did Diotrephes refuse to receive missionaries, but he cast out other believers who did receive them; John condemned him for this wicked behavior","BEHAVIOR,BELIEVERS,CAST,CONDEMNED,DIOTREPHES,HE,HIM,JOHN,MISSIONARIES,NOT,ONLY,RECEIVE,REFUSE,WHO,WICKED"
3 John,1,11,"John commands us to follow that which is good, not that which is evil","COMMANDS,EVIL,FOLLOW,GOOD,JOHN,NOT,WHICH"
3 John,1,11,"John did not say that Gaius should work with Diotrephes or find some way to appease him; instead John condemned Diotrephes and said we should do what is good, not what is evil","APPEASE,CONDEMNED,DIOTREPHES,DO,EVIL,FIND,GAIUS,GOOD,HIM,INSTEAD,JOHN,NOT,SAID,SAY,SHOULD,SOME,WHAT,WORK"
3 John,1,11,"John implies that those who do good have seen God","DO,GOD,GOOD,IMPLIES,JOHN,SEEN,WHO"
3 John,1,11,"Those who do evil have not seen God; their works demonstrate that they lack faith and have not been saved","DEMONSTRATE,DO,EVIL,FAITH,GOD,LACK,NOT,SAVED,SEEN,WHO,WORKS"
3 John,1,11,"Those who do good are of God; their works demonstrate their faith","DEMONSTRATE,DO,FAITH,GOD,GOOD,WHO,WORKS"
3 John,1,11,"We must not follow evil examples or give in to them","EVIL,EXAMPLES,FOLLOW,GIVE,MUST,NOT"
3 John,1,11,"You can tell if a person's faith is genuine by their actions; those who do good are of God, and those who do evil are not","ACTIONS,CAN,DO,EVIL,FAITH,GENUINE,GOD,GOOD,IF,NOT,PERSON,TELL,WHO,YOU"
3 John,1,12,"John did not believe that it was wrong to publicly condemn a person within the church when that person did something wrong","BELIEVE,CHURCH,CONDEMN,JOHN,NOT,PERSON,PUBLICLY,SOMETHING,WHEN,WRONG"
3 John,1,12,"John listened to reports from brethren who came to visit him, who told him of both good and evil things that were being done in the churches; John did not rebuke these messengers for talking about church scandals","BEING,BRETHREN,CHURCH,CHURCHES,DONE,EVIL,GOOD,HIM,JOHN,LISTENED,MESSENGERS,NOT,REBUKE,REPORTS,TALKING,THESE,THINGS,TOLD,VISIT,WHO"
3 John,1,12,"John praised those who deserved to be praised, and condemned those who deserved to be condemned, and he did both by name; he left no doubt about who he was talking about or what those individuals had done","CONDEMNED,DESERVED,DONE,DOUBT,HE,INDIVIDUALS,JOHN,LEFT,NAME,NO,PRAISED,TALKING,WHAT,WHO"
3 John,1,12,"John praises Demetrius for having a good report, and for walking in the truth","DEMETRIUS,GOOD,JOHN,PRAISES,REPORT,TRUTH,WALKING"
3 John,1,12,"John says that his record is true","HIS,JOHN,RECORD,SAYS,TRUE"
3 John,1,12,"The apostle John called out by name a person in the church who did evil (Diotrephes) and someone who did good (Demetrius)","APOSTLE,CALLED,CHURCH,DEMETRIUS,DIOTREPHES,EVIL,GOOD,JOHN,NAME,PERSON,SOMEONE,WHO"
3 John,1,13,"John had many things to tell Gaius, but he did not want to write them in a letter","GAIUS,HE,JOHN,LETTER,MANY,NOT,TELL,THINGS,WANT,WRITE"
3 John,1,13,"John must have believed that the sin of Diotrephes was so severe that it could not wait for him to make a trip to the church, and had to be dealt with immediately in a letter","BELIEVED,CHURCH,DEALT,DIOTREPHES,HIM,IMMEDIATELY,JOHN,LETTER,MAKE,MUST,NOT,SEVERE,SIN,TRIP,WAIT"
3 John,1,13,"John used ink and pen to write his letters","HIS,INK,JOHN,LETTERS,PEN,USED,WRITE"
3 John,1,14,"John placed great value in seeing people in person so he could talk with them face to face","FACE,GREAT,HE,JOHN,PEOPLE,PERSON,PLACED,SEEING,TALK,VALUE"
3 John,1,14,"John said that the friends who were with him also sent their greetings to Gaius","FRIENDS,GAIUS,GREETINGS,HIM,JOHN,SAID,SENT,WHO"
3 John,1,14,"John specifically asked Gaius to greet friends by name","ASKED,FRIENDS,GAIUS,GREET,JOHN,NAME,SPECIFICALLY"
3 John,1,14,"John wanted to speak to Gaius face to face, and tell him everything that he wanted to talk about","EVERYTHING,FACE,GAIUS,HE,HIM,JOHN,SPEAK,TALK,TELL,WANTED"
3 John,1,14,"John was hoping that he would soon be able to visit Gaius in person","ABLE,GAIUS,HE,HOPING,JOHN,PERSON,SOON,VISIT"
3 John,1,14,"John wished peace upon Gaius (not suffering, pain, tribulation, and death)","DEATH,GAIUS,JOHN,NOT,PAIN,PEACE,SUFFERING,TRIBULATION,WISHED"