3 John 1:8

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Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

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  • Matt 10:14 : 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
  • Luke 11:7 : 7 Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
  • 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. 7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work. 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 16:10-11 : 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too. 11 So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
  • 2 Cor 7:2-3 : 2 Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.
  • 2 Cor 8:23 : 23 If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.
  • Col 4:11 : 11 And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,
  • Phlm 1:2 : 2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.
  • Phlm 1:24 : 24 Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my colaborers, greet you too.
  • 3 John 1:10 : 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing– the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!

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    11Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.

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    4I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

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    6They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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