A moment in scripture
3 John 1:7
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Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
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The surrounding passage
- 3 John 1:5
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
- 3 John 1:6
Which 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:
- 3 John 1:8
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
- 3 John 1:9
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.