3 John 1:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ I have no greater joy than this—to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living their lives in the Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Common English Bible

⁴ I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

so that Adonai may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying: ‘If your children watch their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon said: “You have shown my father Your servant David great lovingkindness, as he walked before You in truth, righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You. Indeed, You have kept this great lovingkindness for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, Adonai, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous one rejoices greatly. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Isaiah 38:3

He said: “Please, Adonai, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 8:18

Here I am with the children that Adonai has given me as signs and wonders in Israel, from Adonai-Tzva’ot who dwells on Mount Zion.

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now in return—I speak as to my children—open wide to us also.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of everyone, “If you—being a Jew—live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 4:19

My dear children! Again I suffer labor pains until Messiah is formed in you.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

For you know how, as a father with his own children,

1 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, a true child in faith: Grace, mercy, shalom from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua, our Lord!

2 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and shalom from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua our Lord!

Philemon 1:10

I beg you for my child Onesimus—for whom I became a spiritual father while in chains.

1 John 2:1

My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.

2 John 1:4

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received as a commandment from the Father.