3 John 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 5:15-16 : 15 Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me. 16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him. 21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them? 23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went. 25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants? 27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
  • Acts 8:4 : 4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
  • 1 Cor 9:12-15 : 12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ. 13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar? 14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news. 15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
  • 1 Cor 9:18 : 18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward? 8 I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant; 9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
  • 2 Cor 12:13 : 13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    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:

  • 3 John 1:8
    77%

    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.

  • Acts 15:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • Acts 14:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
    72%

    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18 And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

    19 And 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:

    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

  • 2 Cor 9:13
    71%

    13 For 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;

  • Acts 11:30
    71%

    30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
    71%

    5 So 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.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
    70%

    2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • 1 Thess 1:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    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,

  • Acts 5:41
    70%

    41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    70%

    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;

  • Luke 9:3
    70%

    3 And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

  • Gal 2:6
    70%

    6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    70%

    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

  • Acts 15:19
    70%

    19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

  • 2 Cor 11:7
    70%

    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

  • Acts 15:26
    70%

    26 Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 14:7
    69%

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
    69%

    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • Acts 11:22
    69%

    22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

  • Acts 16:3
    69%

    3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

  • 2 John 1:11
    69%

    11 For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

  • Gal 2:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

  • Rom 15:27
    69%

    27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    69%

    15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

  • Mark 6:8
    69%

    8 And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

  • 2 Cor 1:12
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    69%

    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

  • Acts 15:14
    69%

    14 Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

  • Acts 28:21
    69%

    21 And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

  • Acts 11:1
    69%

    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Phil 4:15
    69%

    15 And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

  • Acts 14:3
    69%

    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 15:33
    69%

    33 And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • 1 Thess 2:1
    69%

    1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect: