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


In Context

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

5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

6 They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

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

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

9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn't accept what we say.

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 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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