| NETBible | For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 1 |
| NIV © |
It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. |
| NASB © |
For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. |
| NLT © |
Some of the brothers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living in the truth. |
| MSG © |
I was most happy when some friends arrived and brought the news that you persist in following the way of Truth. |
| BBE © |
For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way. |
| NRSV © |
I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, namely how you walk in the truth. |
| NKJV © |
For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. |
| KJV | For <1063> I rejoiced <5463> (5644) greatly <3029>_, when the brethren <80> came <2064> (5740) and <2532> testified <3140> (5723) of the truth <225> that is in thee <4675>_, even as <2531> thou <4771> walkest <4043> (5719) in <1722> the truth <225>_. |
| NASB © |
For I was very <3029> glad <5463> when brethren <80> came <2064> and testified <3140> to your truth <225> , that is, how <2531> you are walking <4043> in truth .<225> |
| NET [draft] ITL | For <1063> I rejoiced <5463> greatly <3029> when the brothers <80> came <2064> and <2532> testified <3140> to your <4675> truth <225> , just as <2531> you <4771> are living <4043> according to <1722> the truth .<225> |
| GREEK | ecarhn <5463> (5644) V-2AOI-1S gar <1063> CONJ lian <3029> ADV ercomenwn <2064> (5740) V-PNP-GPM adelfwn <80> N-GPM kai <2532> CONJ marturountwn <3140> (5723) V-PAP-GPM sou <4675> P-2GS th <3588> T-DSF alhyeia <225> N-DSF kaywv <2531> ADV su <4771> P-2NS en <1722> PREP alhyeia <225> N-DSF peripateiv <4043> (5719) V-PAI-2S |
| NETBible | For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 1 |
| NET Notes |
1 sn Living according to the truth (Grk “walking in [the] truth”). The use of the Greek verb περιπατέω (peripatew) to refer to conduct or lifestyle is common in the NT (see 1 John 1:6, 2 John 4, as well as numerous times in Paul. Here the phrase refers to conduct that results when a person has “truth” residing within, and possibly alludes to the indwelling Spirit of Truth (see 2 John 2). In the specific context of 3 John the phrase refers to true Christians who are holding fast to an apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents’ challenge to orthodoxy. |