3 John 1:7 KJV — MannaFest

3 John 1:7

Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

KJV

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ASV

because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

WEB

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

YLT

because for His name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

DBT

for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.

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3 John — The elder writes to Gaius — fourteen verses on hospitality, welcome, and the problem of Diotrephes who ‘loveth to have the preeminence.’

Author: The apostle John (traditional), again ‘the elder’
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95

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16 verses on the floor

Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Kings 5:15–16
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Revelation 2:3
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

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It would have been inexpedient to have taken aught (the Greek "meden" implies, not that they got nothing, though they had desired it, but that it was of their own choice they took nothing) from the infant churches among the heathen: the case was different in receiving hospitality from Gaius.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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3JN 1:71CO 9:18 2CO 11:7-9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
3JN 1:7REV 2:3 HEB 10:36
3JN 1:7REV 2:3 JAS 5:7-11
3JN 1:7REV 2:3 GAL 6:9
3JN 1:7REV 2:3 HEB 12:1
3JN 1:7REV 2:3 JAS 1:3-4
3JN 1:72CO 4:5 1TH 2:5-6
3JN 1:72CO 4:5 2CO 1:24

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