3 John 1:4

New Living Translation

I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

If you do this, then the Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.

Isaiah 38:3

“Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

Isaiah 8:18

I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.

2 Corinthians 6:13

I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!

Galatians 2:14

When I saw that they were not following the truth of the gospel message, I said to Peter in front of all the others, “Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you now trying to make these Gentiles follow the Jewish traditions?

Galatians 4:19

Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.

1 Timothy 1:2

I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

2 Timothy 1:2

I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

Philemon 1:10

I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison.

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

2 John 1:4

How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded.