3 John 1:2 Cross References - Anderson

² Beloved, I pray above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

⁴ Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others.

²⁷ And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

⁴ since we heard of your faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for all the saints, ⁵ in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶ which is present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

³ remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father: ⁴ be cause we know, brethren beloved of God, your election. ⁵ For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in full assurance, as you know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes. ⁶ And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷ so that you were examples to all that believe, in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing. ⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, and who delivers us from the coming wrath.

¹³ For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; be cause, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe. ¹⁴ For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -You indeed are our glory and ²⁰ :

⁶ But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you, ⁷ for this reason we are comforted concerning you, brethren, in all our distress and affliction, by your faith: ⁸ for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is right, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds:

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God did, from the beginning, choose you to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

⁵ hearing of your love and your faith, which you have in the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints, ⁶ that your participation in the faith may be active in the acknowledgment of every good thing that is in us, to the honor of Christ Jesus. ⁷ For we have great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation.

⁸ But, above all things, have fervent love one for another; for love will cover a multitude of sins.

³ As his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who has called us by his glorious power, ⁴ through which things very great and precious favors that were promised have been given us, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire: ⁵ so, even for this very purpose, uniting to these things all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these things be in you, and abound, they cause you to be neither idle, nor unfruitful as it respects the acknowledgment of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he who is wanting in these things is blind, and closes his eyes, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

¹⁸ But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

³ For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified to the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth. ⁵ Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do to the brethren, and to strangers, ⁶ who have testified to your love before the church: if you conduct these on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well:

⁹ I know your works, and your affliction, and your poverty, (but you are rich,) and the impious words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.