3 John
Little.2:1keep.Ex 20:3,4; 1Co 10:7,14; 2Co 6:16,17; Re 9:20; 13:14,15; 14:11Amen.Mt 6:13 1 He commends Gaius for his piety,5 and hospitality,7 to true preachers;9 complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side;11 whose evil example is not to be followed;12 and gives special testimony to the good report of Demetrius. A. D. 90. A. M. 4094.elder.2Jo 1:1the well-beloved.Ac 19:29; 20:4; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14whom.1Jo 3:18; 2Jo 1:1in the truth. or, truly. wish. or, pray. above.Jas 5:12; 1Pe 4:8that.Ps 20:1-5; Php 2:4,27even.3-6; Col 1:4-6; 1Th 1:3-10; 2:13,14,19,20; 3:6-9; 2Th 1:3; 2:13Phm 1:5-7; 2Pe 1:3-9; 3:18; Re 2:9 I.4; 2Jo 1:4; Php 1:4; 1Th 2:19,20when.Ro 1:8,9; 2Co 7:6,7; Eph 1:15,16; Col 1:7,8; 1Th 3:6-9the truth.2Jo 1:2,4; Ps 119:11 have.Pr 23:24that.Isa 8:18; 1Co 4:15; Ga 4:19; Phm 1:10walk.1Ki 2:4; 3:6; 2Ki 20:3; Ps 26:1-3; Isa 38:3; Joh 12:35,36; Ga 2:14 Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42; 16:10-12; 2Co 4:1-3; Col 3:17; 1Pe 4:10,11 have borne witness of thy charity.12; Phm 1:5-7whom.Ac 15:3; 21:5; Ro 15:24; 2Co 1:16; Tit 3:13after a godly sort. or, worthy of God.This is a literal and proper rendering of the original [axios tou theos ;] by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." 1Th 2:12do well.Ge 4:7; Jon 4:4; Mt 25:21-23; Ac 15:29; Php 4:14; 1Pe 2:20 that.Ac 8:4; 9:16; 2Co 4:5; Col 1:24; Re 2:3taking.2Ki 5:15,16,20-27; 1Co 9:12-15,18; 2Co 11:7-9; 12:13 to receive.10; Mt 10:14,40; Lu 11:7; 2Co 7:2,3fellow-helpers.1Co 3:5-9; 16:10,11; 2Co 6:1; 8:23; Php 4:3; Col 4:11; 1Th 3:2Phm 1:2,24 who loveth.[Ho Philoproteuon] "who loveth the presidency," or chief place, doubtless in the church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and being one, magnified himself in his office: he loved such pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it. Mt 20:20-28; 23:4-8; Mr 9:34; 10:35-45; Lu 22:24-27; Ro 12:10Php 2:3-5; Tit 1:7-16receiveth.8; Mt 10:40-42; Mr 9:37; Lu 9:48 I will.1Co 5:1-5; 2Co 10:1-11; 13:2prating.Pr 10:8,10and casteth.Isa 66:5; Lu 6:22; Joh 9:22,34,35 Beloved.Beloved, [agapetos ,] is in the vocative singular, and therefore refers to Gaius. follow.Rather, imitate [mimou.] Ex 23:2; Ps 37:27; Pr 12:11; Isa 1:16,17; Joh 10:27; 12:261Co 4:16; 11:1; Eph 5:1; Php 3:17; 1Th 1:6; 2:14; 2Ti 3:10; *marg:Heb 6:12; 1Pe 3:13He that doeth good.1Pe 3:11; 1Jo 2:29; 3:6-9he that doeth evil.Joh 3:20 good.Ac 10:22; 22:12; 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 3:7and we.Joh 19:35; 21:24 2Jo 1:12 face to face. Gr. mouth to mouth. Peace.Ge 43:23; Da 4:1; Ga 5:16; Eph 6:23; 1Pe 5:14Our.Ro 16:10,11; *marg:friends.Instead of [philoi] and [philous,] friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several MSS. read [adelphos and [adelphotes ,] brethren. Greet.Ro 16:1-16
Copyright information for
TSK