When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who have need of a physician, but the sick.
3 John 1:2 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Beloved, I pray that in all respects yoʋ may prosper and be in good health, even as yoʋr soul prospers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Common English Bible 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 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 Dearly beloved, concerning all things I make it my prayer that thou mayest proceed prosperously, and fare well as thy soul doth prosperously. |
When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who have need of a physician, but the sick.
Indeed he was sick, almost to the point of death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.
None of you should look out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly increasing and the love that every one of you has for one another is abounding.
But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” so that you will not fall into hypocrisy.
Above all, maintain a deep love for one another, because love will cover a multitude of sins.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
I know yoʋr works, yoʋr tribulation, and yoʋr poverty—yet yoʋ are rich! I know the slander of those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.