Now in return—I am speaking as I would to my own children—open your hearts to us.
3 John 1:4 - The Text-Critical English New Testament I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living their lives in the Truth. American Standard Version (1901) Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. Common English Bible I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth. |
Now in return—I am speaking as I would to my own children—open your hearts to us.
But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly in accordance with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, “If yoʋ, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, why do yoʋ compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
My little children, for whom I am again suffering labor pains until Christ is formed in you,
As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father deals with his own children, exhorting you, encouraging you,
to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
appeal to yoʋ on behalf of my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.
I was overjoyed to find some of yoʋr children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.