Verse
3 John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
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The verses around 3 John 1:4.
2Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
Verse explanation
Sums up John’s feeling: there is no greater joy for him than knowing that the people he considers his “children” in the faith are walking in truth.
From the 3 John 1 study in Bible in Stories.
3 John 1:4 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Não tenho maior gozo do que n'isto, de ouvir que os meus filhos andam na verdade.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Não tenho maior alegria do que esta: [a de] ouvir que meus filhos andam na verdade.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Nada me alegra más que escuchar que mis amados hermanos siguen la verdad.
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In other languages: Português (3 João 1:4) · Español (3 Juan 1:4)
More verses about children
- Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 31:28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
- Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom…
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