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3 John 1:12

Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

KJV

Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ ὑπὸ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας· καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστιν.

Greek NT

Demetrio testimonium redditur ab omnibus, et ab ipsa veritate, sed et nos testimonium perhibemus : et nosti quoniam testimonium nostrum verum est.

Vulgate

Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.

ASV

To Demetrius, testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself: yea and we also give testimony. And thou knowest that our testimony is true.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δημήτριος
demetrios
noun · 3×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οἶδας | WH/Treg/NIV: οἶδας | RP: οἴδατε
  • οἶδαςSBLGNT
  • οἶδαςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οἴδατεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • 1Thess 1:8 — For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
  • 1Thess 4:12 — That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
  • 1Tim 3:7 — Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
  • Acts 10:22 — And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house,
  • Acts 10:22 — And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house,
  • Acts 22:12 — And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
  • Acts 22:12 — And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
  • John 19:35 — And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
  • John 21:24 — This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
  • John 21:24 — This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.