3 John 1:6
They have testified to your love <3140 4675 26> [have borne witness of thy charity.]
<3739> [whom.]
worthy ... God <516 2316> [after a godly sort. or, worthy of God.]
This is a literal and proper rendering of the original [axios <\\See definition 516\\> tou <\\See definition 5120\\> theos <\\See definition 2316\\>;] by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve."
You will do well <2573 4160> [do well.]
3 John 1:9-10
loves to be first <3588 5383> [who loveth.]
[Ho Philoproteuon] "who loveth the presidency," or chief place, doubtless in the church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and being one, magnified himself in his office: he loved such pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it.
does ... acknowledge <1926> [receiveth.]
I will call attention <5279> [I will.]
bringing of unjustified charges against <5396> [prating.]
And ................ but .......... and throws <2532 1544> [and casteth.]
3 John 1:8
<618> [to receive.]
coworkers in cooperation with <4904> [fellow-helpers.]
3 John 1:14
face to face <4750 4314> [face to face. Gr. mouth to mouth. Peace.]
here ...... friends <5384> [Our.]
here ...... friends <5384> [friends.]
Instead of [philoi] and [philous,] friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several MSS. read [adelphos <\\See definition 80\\> and [adelphotes <\\See definition 81\\>,] brethren.
greet ... Greet <782> [Greet.]
