3 John 1:2 Cross References - Thomson

² Beloved, I wish thee health and prosperity in all things, as thy soul prospereth.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. The Lord hearken to thee in a day of distress! The name of the God of Jacob defend thee; ² May he send thee help from the Sanctuary: And assist thee out of Sion. ³ May he remember all thy sacrifice; And make thy whole burnt offerings fat. ⁴ May he grant thee thy hearts desire: And fulfil all thy counsel. ⁵ We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the name of our God. May the Lord fulfil all thy petitions!

⁴ look not every one to his own interests, but every one of you to the interests also of others.

²⁷ For he was indeed sick, nigh to death; but God had pity on him, and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

⁴ [having heard of your belief in Christ Jesus, and of your love for all the saints] ⁵ on account of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before by the true word of the gospel, ⁶ which is come to you as it hath also to all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it doth among you, from the day you heard and acknowledged the favour of God in truth,

³ remembering incessantly the work of your belief, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father; ⁴ knowing, brethren beloved of God, the choice made of you ⁵ that our glad tidings did not come to you in word only, but with power, and with a holy spirit, and with much assurance. As you knew what manner of persons we were among you ⁶ for your sakes, you indeed became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having embraced the word in much affliction, with the joy of a holy spirit; ⁷ so that you became patterns for all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For from you the word of the Lord hath been sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia; but, in every place, your belief in God is spread to such a degree, as rendereth it unnecessary for us to say any thing. ⁹ For they themselves relate concerning us what an entrance we had among you; and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, namely Jesus, who delivered! us from the wrath to come

¹³ On this account also we give thanks to God continually, because, when you received from us this message of God, you embraced it, not as a word of men, but, as it really is, a word of God, which operateth with powerful effect in you who believe. ¹⁴ For you, brethren, became imitators of the congregations of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. Because you suffered from your countrymen the same treatment as they did from the Jews

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or will be our joy, or crown of rejoicing? Will it not be you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ For you are our glory and our joy.

⁶ But Timothy having now come to us from you, and brought us the good news of your belief and love, and that you have always a good remembrance of us, earnestly desiring to see us, as we do to see you; ⁷ we therefore, brethren, under all our affliction and distress are comforted in respect to you, by your faith. ⁸ Now because we live if you continue stedfast in the Lord, ⁹ what thanks then can we render to God respecting you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account, in the presence of our God;

³ We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit; because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards one another aboundeth:

¹³ Now we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath, from the beginning, chosen you for salvation by a sanctification of spirit and a belief of the truth

⁵ hearing of the faith which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, of thy love for all the saints, ⁶ so that every good man among you must acknowledge that thy participation of the faith is operative for Christ Jesus. [Or literally, "that thy participation of the faith may, in the acknowledgment of every good man among you, be operative for Christ Jesus."] ⁷ For we have great joy and comfort for this love of thine, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

¹² Now above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your yes, be yes; and your no, no; that you may not fall under condemnation.

⁸ and above all things have fervent love for one another: for this "love will cover a multitude of sins."

³ As his divine power hath freely granted those things conducive to life and godliness, and all are ours by our acknowledging him who hath called us by glory and virtue, ⁴ through which he hath freely made us very great and precious promises, that by them you may become partakers of a divine nature when you have fled from the corruption which is in the world by lust; ⁵ therefore, having on your part used all diligence for the very same purpose, add to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, perseverance; and to perseverance, piety; ⁷ and to piety, brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection, universal love; ⁸ for these being in you, and abounding, dispose you to be neither idle nor unfruitful for the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹ for he who is without these is blind, having closed his eyes, having contracted a forgetfulness of the purification of his past sins.

¹⁸ but increase in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

³ For I was greatly rejoiced at the coming of the brethren, who bear testimony to thy truth, as thou walkest in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth. ⁵ Beloved, thou actest as a believer, in what thou dost for the brethren, and for the strangers, ⁶ who have borne testimony for thy love, in the presence of the congregation whom thou wilt do well to forward on in their journey in a manner worthy of God;

⁹ "I know thy works, and thine affliction, and thy poverty, [though thou art rich] and the slander of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of satan.