3 John 1:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • John 21:24 : 24 This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.
  • John 19:35 : 35 And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned [of God] by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

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  • 3 John 1:3-6
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    3For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

    4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

    5Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

    6who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

  • 10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

  • 11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  • 2 John 1:1-4
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    1The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

    2for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

    3Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4I rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

  • 1 John 1:1-5
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    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

    2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

    13For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

    14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

  • 3 John 1:8-9
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    8We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

    9I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

  • 8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

  • John 5:32-33
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    32It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

    33Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

  • 19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

  • 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

  • 33He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.

  • 2who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, [even] of all things that he saw.

  • 8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;

  • 24This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.

  • 1The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

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    18But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

    19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.

  • 6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  • 2Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;

  • 17Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.

  • 16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • 5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

  • 13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

  • 1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

  • 21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

  • 9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  • 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

  • 14For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

  • 1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

  • 13This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

  • 21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

  • 5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

  • 8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

  • 5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

  • 2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.