3 John 1:7-8 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.… 1. By speaking friendly to the preachers of the truth. Hezekiah spake comfortably to the Levites, which was a cheering of their hearts, as the word importeth. 2. By a private instructing of others, as Priscilla and Aquila did Apollos. Householders that catechise their families are great fellow-helpers to the truth. 3. As they that made apologies for them. 4. By pulling them out of dangers. So they that let down Paul in a basket through the wall of Damascus were fellow-helpers to the truth that Paul preached. 5. By helping them to their maintenance. So did Hezekiah by commanding the people to pay their tithes and offerings to the priests and Levites, whereby they were encouraged in the law of the Lord (2 Chronicles 31:4). 6. By ministering temporal things to them, by receiving the preachers of the truth into our houses, by relieving of their necessities, by affording them all the comfort we can, by sending to them if they be in distress. (W. Jones, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.WEB: because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. |
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