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3 John 1:6

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have borne witness of thy charity: 3 John 1:12; Philemon 1:5-7

whom: Acts 15:3, Acts 21:5; Romans 15:24; 2 Corinthians 1:16; Titus 3:13

after a godly sort: or, worthy of God, This is a literal and proper rendering of the original αξιως: strong:G516, του: strong:G5120, Θεου: strong:G2316, by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." 1 Thessalonians 2:12

do well: Genesis 4:7; Jonah 4:4; Matthew 25:21-23; Acts 15:29; Philippians 4:14; 1 Peter 2:20

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