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3 John 8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
hemeis (Greek #2249)
we (only used when emphatic)
KJV usage: us, we (ourselves).
Pronounce: hay-mice'
Origin: nominative plural of 1473
therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
ought
opheilo (Greek #3784)
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
KJV usage: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should. See also 3785.
Pronounce: of-i'-lo
Origin: ὀφειλέω (of-i-leh'-o) probably from the base of 3786 (through the idea of accruing)
to receive
apolambano (Greek #618)
to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside
KJV usage: receive, take.
Pronounce: ap-ol-am-ban'-o
Origin: from 575 and 2983
f such
toioutos (Greek #5108)
from 5104 and 3778; truly this, i.e. of this sort (to denote character or individuality)
KJV usage: like, such (an one).
Pronounce: toy-oo'-tos
Origin: (including the other inflections)
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
we might be
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
fellowhelpers
sunergos (Greek #4904)
a co-laborer, i.e. coadjutor
KJV usage: companion in labour, (fellow-)helper(-labourer, -worker), labourer together with, workfellow.
Pronounce: soon-er-gos'
Origin: from a presumed compound of 4862 and the base of 2041
to the truth
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
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
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Matt. 10:40• 40{i}He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.{/i} (Matt. 10:40)

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Ministry on This Verse

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to receive.
3 John 10• 10For this reason if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these things, neither himself receiveth the brethren, and those who would he hindereth and casteth out of the church. (3 John 10)
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Matt. 10:14,40• 14{i}And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.{/i}
 40{i}He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.{/i} (Matt. 10:14,40)
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Luke 11:7• 7and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give [it] thee. (Luke 11:7)
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2 Cor. 7:2‑3• 2Receive us; we wronged none, we corrupted none, we overreached none.
 3For condemnation I do not speak; for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die with and to live with. (2 Cor. 7:2‑3)
fellow-helpers.
1 Cor. 3:5‑9• 5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers by whom ye believed, and as the Lord gave to each.
 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
 7So that neither he that planteth is anything, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
 8And he that planteth and he that watereth are one thing; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:5‑9)
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1 Cor. 16:10‑11• 10But if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear, for he worketh the Lord's work, as I also.
 11Let none then despise him, but send him forward in peace, that he may come unto me, for I am awaiting him with the brethren. (1 Cor. 16:10‑11)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)
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2 Cor. 8:23• 23Whether as regards Titus, [he is] my partner and fellow-labourer toward you; whether our brethren, [they are] messengers of assemblies, Christ's glory. (2 Cor. 8:23)
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Phil. 4:3• 3yea, I beseech thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them, seeing that they shared my conflicts in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life. (Phil. 4:3)
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Col. 4:11• 11and Jesus, that is called Justus; who are of the circumcision. These [are the] only fellow-workers for the kingdom of God who have been a comfort to me. (Col. 4:11)
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1 Thess. 3:2• 2and sent Timothy our brother and work-fellow under God in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage concerning your faith, (1 Thess. 3:2)
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Philem. 2,24• 2and to Apphia the sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly in thy house:
 24Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers. (Philem. 2,24)
• In receiving those who went forth to preach the truth, they helped the truth itself; they were coworkers with it. (“3 JOHN” by J.N. Darby)
• The whole question of their reception lay in the doctrine which they brought. The Apostle had no other way to judge of the authority of their mission: there was then no other; for, had there been any, that authority would have flowed from him. (“3 JOHN” by J.N. Darby)
• In receiving those who went forth to preach the truth, they helped the truth itself; they were coworkers with it….With regard to those who went about preaching, the only means he had, even in the case of a woman, was to call her attention to the truth. The authority of the preacher lay altogether in that. (“3 JOHN” by J.N. Darby)
• Whatever was not Christ was nature, and that was not the truth, and you never could be able otherwise to discern good and evil. Christ is “the truth.” (“Notes on 3 John” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

W. Kelly Translation

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We therefore ought to receivea such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "welcome." The correct word is apolambanō, as in T. R., but others have hupolambanō, to bear up or welcome. The word "welcome" of the RV is a reading differing form the T. R. and should be noted. The word means to "take up" or "sustain" and should be distinguished from "receive" in 9, 10, the first use of which seems not recognizing the apostle’s authority in what he wrote, or rejecting him virtually, the second not admitting, to fellowship rather than hospitality, the visiting brethren, but casting out of the church those who would do so.