3 John 1:4

New English Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised, ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon replied, “You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

Isaiah 38:3

“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 8:18

Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 4:19

My children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

1 Thessalonians 2:11

As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

1 Timothy 1:2

to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

2 Timothy 1:2

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

Philemon 1:10

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

1 John 2:1

(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,

2 John 1:4

I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.