3 John 1:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living their lives in the Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Common English Bible

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have no greater grace than this, when I hear that my sons are walking in the truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.

3 John 1:4 Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

that the Lord may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, “Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to thy servant David my father, because he walked before thee in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great and steadfast love, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.

Isaiah 38:3

and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

2 Corinthians 6:13

In return—I speak as to children—widen your hearts also.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 4:19

My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you!

1 Thessalonians 2:11

for you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you

1 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philemon 1:10

I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

2 John 1:4

I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.