3 John 1:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

3 John 1:7 —

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Cross-References

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2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 2:3
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
2 Kings 5:15-16
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. …
Colossians 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-8)

In these verses we have, I. The good report that the apostle had received concerning this friend of his: The brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee (3 John 1:3), who have borne witness of thy charity before the church, 3 John 1:6. Here we may see, 1. The testimony or thing testified concerning Gaius—the truth that was in him, the reality of his faith, the sincerity of his religio…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. his name’s sake--Christ’s. went forth--as missionaries. taking nothing--refusing to receive aught by way of pay, or maintenance, though justly entitled to it, as Paul at Corinth and at Thessalonica. Gentiles--the Christians just gathered out by their labors from among the heathen. As Gaius himself was a Gentile convert, “the Gentiles” here must mean the converts just made from the heathen, the…