3 John 1:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
  • Titus 3:13 : 13 Send Zenas, the man of law, and Apollos on their journey with all care, so that they may be in need of nothing.
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
  • Rom 15:24 : 24 Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
  • 2 Cor 1:16 : 16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.
  • Phil 4:14 : 14 But you did well to have care for me in my need.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
  • 3 John 1:12 : 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.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
  • Jonah 4:4 : 4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
  • Matt 25:21-23 : 21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord. 22 And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more. 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

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    7For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

    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.

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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,

  • Heb 6:9-10
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    9But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

    10For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

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    24Make clear then to them, as representatives of the churches, the quality of your love, and that the things which we have said about you are true.

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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;

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    7And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

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    3And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

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    8For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

  • 2 Cor 8:18-19
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    18And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

    19And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

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    5So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

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

  • 2 Cor 9:13-14
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    13For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

    14While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

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    6In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

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    3For 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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    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:

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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;

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    22And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

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