7Because, for his name they went out, taking nothing of the Gentiles.


In Context

4 I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.

5 Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren, and that for strangers,

6 Who have given testimony to thy charity in the sight of the church: whom thou shalt do well to bring forward on their way in a manner worthy of God.

7 Because, for his name they went out, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

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

9 I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.

3 John 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7Because for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7because for His name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;