4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.


In Context

1 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

3 It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you.

6 They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

3rd John 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.