3 John 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

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  • Matt 10:14 : 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
  • Luke 11:7 : 7 and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?
  • 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
  • 1 Cor 16:10-11 : 10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do: 11 let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
  • 2 Cor 7:2-3 : 2 Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man. 3 I say it not to condemn [you] : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
  • 2 Cor 8:23 : 23 Whether [any inquire] about Titus, [he is] my partner and [my] fellow-worker to you-ward, or our brethren, [they are] the messengers of the churches, [they are] the glory of Christ.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life. [
  • Col 4:11 : 11 and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only [are my] fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
  • Phlm 1:2 : 2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:
  • Phlm 1:24 : 24 [ and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
  • 3 John 1:10 : 10 Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.

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

    10Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.

    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.

    12Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

  • 3 John 1:3-7
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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:

    7because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

  • Rom 15:7
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    7Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.

  • 2 John 1:7-11
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    7For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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

    9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

    10If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:

    11for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

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    4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

    5and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

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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.

  • Phil 2:29
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    29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

  • Phlm 1:17
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    17If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    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:

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

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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

  • Gal 2:4-5
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    4and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

    5to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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    16For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

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    18And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel [is spread] through all the churches;

    19and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

    20Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

    21for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

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    4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

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    23Whether [any inquire] about Titus, [he is] my partner and [my] fellow-worker to you-ward, or our brethren, [they are] the messengers of the churches, [they are] the glory of Christ.

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    6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

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    11ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.

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    7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

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    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

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    11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

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    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.

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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.