3 John 1:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

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  • Matt 10:14 : 14 ‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.›
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 ‹He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.›
  • Luke 11:7 : 7 ‹And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.›
  • 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 ¶ Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
  • 1 Cor 16:10-11 : 10 ¶ Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also [do]. 11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 ¶ We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • 2 Cor 7:2-3 : 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].
  • 2 Cor 8:23 : 23 Whether [any do enquire] of Titus, [he is] my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren [be enquired of, they are] the messengers of the churches, [and] the glory of Christ.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.
  • Col 4:11 : 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only [are my] fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
  • Phlm 1:2 : 2 And to [our] beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
  • Phlm 1:24 : 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
  • 3 John 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth [them] out of the church.

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    9¶ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

    10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth [them] out of the church.

    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

    12¶ Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, and we [also] bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

  • 3 John 1:3-7
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    3¶ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

    4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

    5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

    6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

    7Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

  • Rom 15:7
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    7¶ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

  • 2 John 1:7-11
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    7¶ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

    8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

    9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

    10¶ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:

    11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

    5And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  • 2 John 1:1-4
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    1¶ The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

    2For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

    3Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

  • Phil 2:29
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    29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

  • Phlm 1:17
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    17If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • 3 John 1:1
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    1¶ The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

  • Gal 2:4-5
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    4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

    5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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    16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

  • 2 Cor 8:18-21
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    18And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] in the gospel throughout all the churches;

    19And not [that] only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [declaration of] your ready mind:

    20Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

    21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

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    8¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    16That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with [us], and laboureth.

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    4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

  • 2 Cor 8:23
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    23Whether [any do enquire] of Titus, [he is] my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren [be enquired of, they are] the messengers of the churches, [and] the glory of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1¶ We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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    6¶ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

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    11Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

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    7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

    8¶ Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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    13¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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    11¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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    16¶ For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.