2Pe| 1Jo| 2Jo| 3Jo| Jud| Rev| Gen

The Third Epistle
of
John

Outline | Intro | Subject

Verses (14)
|1||•||•||•| |5||•||•||•||•| |10||•||•||•||14|

Introduction to 3 John:
Author: John the elder (v. 1).Time of Writing: After the second Epistle was written; see introductions to 1 and 2 John.Place of Writing: The same as the second Epistle; see introduction to 2 John.Recipient: Gaius (v. 1 and note 2).

Subject of 3 John:
Encouragement to the Fellow Workers in the Truth

Third John

Verses (14)
|1||•||•||•| |5||•||•||•||•| |10||•||•||•||14|

I. |Introduction — vv.|1-4

A. |Loving in truthfulness — v.|1
3|John|1|-|The |1|elder to |2|Gaius the |a|beloved, whom I |b|love in |3c|truthfulness.
B. |Prospering in all things and in health — v.|2
3|John|2|-|Beloved, concerning |1|all things I |2|wish that you may |3|prosper and be in |4|health, even as your |5|soul |3|prospers.
C. |Walking in the truth — vv.|3-4
3|John|3|-|For I |1|rejoiced greatly at the brothers’ coming and |a|testifying to |2|your steadfastness in the truth, even as you |3|walk in |4|truth.
3|John|4|-|I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear that my |a|children are walking in the |b|truth.

II. |Hospitality to the traveling workers — vv.|5-8

A. |Given faithfully, in love, and in a manner worthy of God — vv.|5-6
3|John|5|-||a|Beloved, you do |b|faithfully in |1|whatever you have wrought for the brothers, and this for |2c|strangers,
3|John|6|-|Who |a|testified to your |1|love before the |2|church; whom you |3|will do well to |b|send forward in a manner |4c|worthy of God;
B. |By the fellow workers in the truth — vv.|7-8
3|John|7|-|For on behalf of the |1a|Name they went out, taking nothing from the |2|Gentiles.
3|John|8|-|We therefore ought to |1|support such ones that we may become |a|fellow workers in the |2|truth.

III. |Imitation not of the evil but of the good — vv.|9-12

A. |The self-exalting and domineering Diotrephes—an evil pattern — vv.|9-11
3|John|9|-|I wrote something to the |1|church; but |2|Diotrephes, who loves |3|to be |a|first among them, does not |4|receive us.
3|John|10|-|For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, |1|babbling against us with |2|evil words; and not being satisfied with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those intending to do so he forbids and |a|casts out of the church.
3|John|11|-|Beloved, do not |a|imitate the |1b|evil, but the good. He who |2|does |c|good is |3|of God; he who |4|does evil has |5d|not seen God.
B. |The well-reported Demetrius—a good example — v.|12
3|John|12|-|To |1|Demetrius |a|testimony has been borne by |2|all and by the |3|truth itself; and |4|we also testify, and you know that our testimony is |5b|true.

IV. |Conclusion — vv.|13-14

A. |The hope for closer fellowship — vv.|13-14a
3|John|13|-|I had |a|many things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen;
3|John|14a|-|But I |1a|hope to see you shortly, and we will speak |2|face to face.
B. |Mutual greetings — v.|14b
3|John|14b|-|Peace to you. The |b|friends greet you. Greet the friends by |c|name.
Book of 3 John
Home



|