3 John 1:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
  • Eph 1:15-16 : 15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints, 16 Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
  • 2 John 1:2 : 2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
  • Col 1:7-8 : 7 As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us, 8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
  • 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;
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
  • Rom 1:8-9 : 8 First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
  • 2 Cor 7:6-7 : 6 But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

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  • 3 John 1:4-6
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    4I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

    5My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

    6Who 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:

  • 2 John 1:1-5
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    1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

    2Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

    3May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

    4It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

    5And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

  • 3 John 1:1-2
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    1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.

    2My 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.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • 1 John 1:3-4
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    3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

  • Phlm 1:5-8
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    5Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    6That 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.

    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

  • 1 Cor 1:6
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    6Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

  • 1 Thess 3:6-7
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    6But 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;

    7For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • 2 John 1:12-13
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    12Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

    13The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

  • 2 Cor 1:12-13
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    12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

    13For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • Phil 1:18
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    18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • Col 1:6
    72%

    6Which 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 Tim 3:14
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    14I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

  • Eph 1:15
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    15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • John 5:33
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    33You sent to John and he gave true witness.

  • Ps 26:3
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    3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • 1 Cor 13:6
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    6It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3It 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 Cor 13:8
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    8Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it.

  • Col 1:4
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    4After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 13:1
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    1This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

  • Phil 1:3
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    3I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

  • Phil 2:18
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    18And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5Because 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.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.