3 John 1:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀγαπητέ, περὶ πάντων εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν, καθὼς εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή.

Transliteration

Agapēte, peri all euchomai you to euodousthai and hygiainein, just as euodoutai of you the psychē.

Grammar Details

• *Agapēte*: vocative, masculine, singular - beloved/dear one
• *peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
• *panton*: genitive, neuter, plural - all things
• *euchomai*: present, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - pray/wish
• *se*: accusative, 2nd person singular pronoun - you
• *euodousthai*: present, passive, infinitive - to prosper/succeed well
• *hygiainein*: present, active, infinitive - to be healthy/sound
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *euodoutai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - prospers/succeeds well
• *sou*: genitive, 2nd person singular pronoun - of you/your
• *psychē*: nominative, feminine, singular - soul/life

Word Meanings

• *Agapēte*: beloved/dear one
• *peri panton*: concerning all things/in all respects/above all
• *euchomai*: pray/wish/desire
• *euodousthai*: to prosper/succeed well/have a good journey
• *hygiainein*: to be healthy/sound/whole
• *euodoutai*: prospers/succeeds/fares well
• *psychē*: soul/life/inner self

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 1:3-9 : 3 Believers’ Salvation and the Work of God I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. 4 Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
• Jas 5:12 : 12 And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your“Yes” be yes and your“No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
• Ps 20:1-5 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure! 2 May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support! 3 May he take notice of all your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice!(Selah) 4 May he grant your heart’s desire; may he bring all your plans to pass! 5 Then we will shout for joy over your victory; we will rejoice in the name of our God! May the LORD grant all your requests!
• 3 John 1:3-6 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth. 5 The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers). 6 They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
• Rev 2:9 : 9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty(but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
• Col 1:4-6 : 4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints. 5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
• 1 Thess 1:3-9 : 3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction. 7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything. 9 For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
• 1 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe. 14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,
• 1 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you! 7 So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
• Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. 6 I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ. 7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
• Phil 2:4 : 4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
• Phil 2:27 : 27 In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
• 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? 20 For you are our glory and joy!