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3 John 1:4

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

KJV

μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.

Greek NT

Majorem horum non habeo gratiam, quam ut audiam filios meos in veritate ambulare.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
χαρά
chara
noun · 59×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἐμός
emos
possessive_pronoun · 69×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: χαράν | Treg/NIV/RP: χαράν | WH: χάριν
  • χαράνSBLGNT
  • χαράνTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • χάρινWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τῇ | WH/Treg/NIV: τῇ
  • τῇSBLGNT
  • τῇWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:14 — I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
  • 1Cor 4:14 — I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
  • 1Cor 16:18 — For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
  • 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
  • 1Kgs 2:4 — That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall n
  • 1Kgs 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast
  • 1Tim 1:2 — Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 2Cor 6:13 — Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
  • 2Kgs 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • 2Tim 1:2 — To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 3John 1:3 — For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
  • Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
  • Gal 2:14 — But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews
  • Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
  • Isa 8:18 — Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
  • John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Phil 2:2 — Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
  • Phlm 1:10 — I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
  • Phlm 1:20 — Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
  • Prov 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
  • Ps 26:1 — Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.