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


In Context

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.

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

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

9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us.

10 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.

3rd 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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