KJV King James Version
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
3 John 1:1
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
WEB World English Bible
The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
ASV American Standard Version
The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
Surrounding context — 3 John 1
1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
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.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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1 John 3:18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.Romans 16:23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.1 Corinthians 1:14I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;2 John 1:1-13The 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;Acts 19:29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.Acts 20:4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
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