8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.


In Context

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,

6 (who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;

7 for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.

8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

9 I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.

10 For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly.

3 John 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow helpers of the truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-helpers to the truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.