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3 John 2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Beloved
agapetos (Greek #27)
beloved
KJV usage: (dearly, well) beloved, dear.
Pronounce: ag-ap-ay-tos'
Origin: from 25
, I θwish
euchomai (Greek #2172)
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
KJV usage: pray, will, wish.
Pronounce: yoo'-khom-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
above
peri (Greek #4012)
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
KJV usage: (there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).
Pronounce: per-ee'
Origin: from the base of 4008
all things
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
that
euodoo (Greek #2137)
to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs
KJV usage: (have a) prosper(-ous journey).
Pronounce: yoo-od-o'-o
Origin: from a compound of 2095 and 3598
thou
se (Greek #4571)
thee
KJV usage: thee, thou, X thy house.
Pronounce: seh
Origin: accusative case singular of 4771
mayest prosper
euodoo (Greek #2137)
to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs
KJV usage: (have a) prosper(-ous journey).
Pronounce: yoo-od-o'-o
Origin: from a compound of 2095 and 3598
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
be in health
hugiaino (Greek #5198)
to have sound health, i.e. be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine)
KJV usage: be in health, (be safe and) sound, (be) whole(-some).
Pronounce: hoog-ee-ah'-ee-no
Origin: from 5199
, even as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
thy
sou (Greek #4675)
of thee, thy
KJV usage: X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: genitive case of 4771
soul
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
psuche (Greek #5590)
breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew 05315, 07307 and 02416)
KJV usage: heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Pronounce: psoo-khay'
Origin: from 5594
prospereth
euodoo (Greek #2137)
to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs
KJV usage: (have a) prosper(-ous journey).
Pronounce: yoo-od-o'-o
Origin: from a compound of 2095 and 3598
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or, pray.

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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wish.
or, pray.
above.
James 5:12• 12But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment. (James 5:12)
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1 Peter 4:8• 8but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; (1 Peter 4:8)
that.
Psa. 20:1‑5• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob protect thee;
 2May he send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
 3Remember all thine oblations, and accept thy burnt-offering; Selah.
 4Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy counsels.
 5We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our God will we set up our banners. Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions! (Psa. 20:1‑5)
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Phil. 2:4,27• 4regarding not each his own qualities, but each those of others also.
 27for he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. (Phil. 2:4,27)
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3 John 3‑6• 3For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brethren came and bore testimony to thy holding fast the truth, even as *thou* walkest in truth.
 4I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.
 5Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,
 6(who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well; (3 John 3‑6)
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Col. 1:4‑6• 4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,
 5on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
 6which are come to you, as they are in all the world, and are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard them and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth: (Col. 1:4‑6)
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1 Thess. 1:3‑10• 3remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
 4knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
 5For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:
 6and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,
 7so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:
 8for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;
 9for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
 10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath. (1 Thess. 1:3‑10)
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1 Thess. 2:13‑14,19‑20• 13And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
 14For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,
 19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? are not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
 20for ye are our glory and joy. (1 Thess. 2:13‑14,19‑20)
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1 Thess. 3:6‑9• 6But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;
 7for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,
 8because now we live if *ye* stand firm in the Lord.
 9For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God, (1 Thess. 3:6‑9)
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2 Thess. 1:3• 3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds; (2 Thess. 1:3)
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2 Thess. 2:13• 13But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: (2 Thess. 2:13)
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Philem. 5‑7• 5hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
 6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ Jesus.
 7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. (Philem. 5‑7)
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2 Peter 1:3‑9• 3As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue,
 4through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
 5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
 8for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins. (2 Peter 1:3‑9)
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2 Peter 3:18• 18but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)
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Rev. 2:9• 9I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9)
• He was not indifferent even as to the bodily well-being of Gaius. (“3 John” by W. Kelly)
• There is here the kindness that works among Christians. (“Notes on 3 John” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.

W. Kelly Translation

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Beloved, I desire that ina all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

WK Translation Notes

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The better rendering of the RV is "in (lit. concerning) all things," not "above all things" as in Homeric usage. The poetic sense is quite untenable here, though adopted by Beza and in the Geneva Bible before the KJV. It is contrary to all sound doctrine that John prayed "in primis" or "above all things" for Gaius’ prosperity. As to "about," or "in all things," he prays that he may prosper and be in health, even as his soul prospers, this last being the hinge on which he could pray that he might fare well in circumstances and bodily health. To make either or both his especial prayer is not unscriptural only but unreasonable, and below a Jew if not a heathen.