3 John 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

3 John 1:8 —

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Cross-References

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2 Corinthians 7:2-3
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. …
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? …
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3 John 1:10
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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. 8)

8. We--in contradistinction to “the Gentiles” or “heathen” referred to, 3Jo 7. therefore--as they take nothing from the Gentiles or heathen. receive--The oldest manuscripts read, “take up.” As they “take” nothing from the Gentiles, we ought to take them up so as to support them. fellow helpers--with them. to the truth--that is, to promote the truth.