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


In Context

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

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

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

9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

3 John 1:7 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7Because, for his name they went out, 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;