3 John 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀγαπητέ, περὶ πάντων εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν, καθὼς εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή.

Transliteration

Agapēte, peri all euchomai you to euodousthai and hygiainein, just as euodoutai of you the psychē.

Grammar Details

• *Agapēte*: vocative, masculine, singular - beloved/dear one
• *peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
• *panton*: genitive, neuter, plural - all things
• *euchomai*: present, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - pray/wish
• *se*: accusative, 2nd person singular pronoun - you
• *euodousthai*: present, passive, infinitive - to prosper/succeed well
• *hygiainein*: present, active, infinitive - to be healthy/sound
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *euodoutai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - prospers/succeeds well
• *sou*: genitive, 2nd person singular pronoun - of you/your
• *psychē*: nominative, feminine, singular - soul/life

Word Meanings

• *Agapēte*: beloved/dear one
• *peri panton*: concerning all things/in all respects/above all
• *euchomai*: pray/wish/desire
• *euodousthai*: to prosper/succeed well/have a good journey
• *hygiainein*: to be healthy/sound/whole
• *euodoutai*: prospers/succeeds/fares well
• *psychē*: soul/life/inner self

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 1:3-9 : 3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue; 4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh. 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
• Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
• Ps 20:1-5 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob; 2 May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion; 3 May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.) 4 May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect. 5 We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.
• 3 John 1:3-6 : 3 For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way. 4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way. 5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places; 6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
• Col 1:4-6 : 4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints, 5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news, 6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
• 1 Thess 1:3-9 : 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; 4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose; 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you. 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit; 7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything. 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God, 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
• 1 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith. 14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
• 1 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you; 7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; 8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged. 9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
• Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints; 6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ. 7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
• Phil 2:4 : 4 Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
• Phil 2:27 : 27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
• 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and our joy.