3 John 1:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
  • Ps 26:1-3 : 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping. 2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. 3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going. 36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right. 15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

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

    2 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.

    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.

  • 2 John 1:1-5
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    1 I, 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;

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

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

    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.

    5 And 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.

  • 1 John 1:3-6
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    3 We 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:

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

    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3 And 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.

    4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

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

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

  • John 15:11
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    11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

  • Phlm 1:7
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    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.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • John 17:13
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    13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

  • Phil 1:18
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    18 What 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.

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

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21 I 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.

  • 2 John 1:12-13
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    12 Having 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.

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    20 For you are our glory and our joy.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Demetrius 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.

  • Gal 4:19
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    19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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

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

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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8 So 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.

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

  • John 17:17
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    17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

  • Phil 1:4
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    4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

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

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 For 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.

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

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

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

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    22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

  • Eph 1:15
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    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,

  • John 14:28
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    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

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    15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;