3 John 1:4

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I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

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  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
  • 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ps 26:1-3 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering. 2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives! 3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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    1 ¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.

    2 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.

    3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

  • 2 John 1:1-5
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    1 ¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth(and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),

    2 because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

    3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

    5 Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.

  • 1 John 1:3-6
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    3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

    4 Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

    5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5 The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

    4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

    19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

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

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

  • John 17:13
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    13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

  • Phil 1:18
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    18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

  • 1 Cor 13:6
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    6 It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21 I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • 2 John 1:12-13
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    12 Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

    13 The children of your elect sister greet you.

  • 1 Thess 2:20
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    20 For you are our glory and joy!

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • Gal 4:19
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    19 My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

  • Phlm 1:5
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    5 because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26 so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8 Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

  • John 17:17
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    17 Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

  • Phil 1:4
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    4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

  • Ps 26:3
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    3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.

  • Col 1:4
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    4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

  • John 16:22
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    22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1 Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

  • Eph 1:15
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    15 Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • John 14:28
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    28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

  • Eph 4:15
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    15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

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