3 John 1:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² [My] dearly loved [friend], I am praying that you will do well in everything [materially (?)], and that you will have [good] health, just as your soul [i.e., your spiritual life] is doing well.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Common English Bible

² Dear friend, I’m praying that all is well with you and that you enjoy good health in the same way that you prosper spiritually.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Dearly beloved, concerning all things I make it my prayer that thou mayest proceed prosperously, and fare well as thy soul doth prosperously.

3 John 1:2 Cross References

Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard this, He said, “People who are healthy do not need a doctor; but [only] sick people do.

Philippians 2:27

And indeed, he was [so] sick that he almost died, but God had pity on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.

Philippians 2:4

Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to thank God for you always, brothers, since it is proper, because your faith is growing so much and the love that every one of you has for each other is increasing more and more.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought to thank God for you always, brothers [who are] dearly loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning [Note: Some manuscripts use the Greek word for “first fruits” instead of “beginning” here, but it is difficult to know in what sense the Thessalonian Christians were “first”], in order to be saved through being set apart by the Holy Spirit and through belief of the truth [of the Gospel].

James 5:12

But above everything else, my brothers, do not take oaths, not “by the heaven,” nor “by the earth,” nor by any other oath. But your “yes” should be [simply] “yes,” and your “no,” [simply] “no,” so you do not fall under condemnation.

1 Peter 4:8

Above everything else, have a warm love for one another, for such a love keeps many sins from occurring [between you].

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the unearned favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May He be honored both now and forever. May it be so.

3 John 1:1

[This is being written by] the elder to my dear [friend] Gaius, whom I love in the truth. [Note: This probably means “whom I truly love”].

Revelation 2:9

I know [about] your suffering and your poverty (but you are [really] rich), and the slander of those who say they are Jews, though they [really] are not, but are a synagogue of Satan [i.e., they claimed to be an assembly of God’s people, but in reality were serving Satan].