{"id":26483,"date":"2025-04-18T11:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=26483"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:25:50","slug":"3-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=26483","title":{"rendered":"3 John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These are my notes on the book I chose for the preaching class I&#8217;m taking (3 John 1:1-4 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This letter from <i>The elder <\/i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f49<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pre.html#presbuteros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b2\u1f7b\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) appears to be a personal letter addressed to one individual named <i>Gaius<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/ga.html#gaios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0393\u03b1\u0390\u1ff3<\/a>). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The writer of this book identifies himself simply as <b>the Elder<\/b>. Presumably, the first readers knew who this was, and from the earliest times, Christians have understood that this was the Apostle John writing, the same John who wrote the Gospel of John, 1 and 2 John, and the Book of Revelation.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik went on to speculate: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Perhaps he does not directly refer to himself for the same reason he does not directly refer to his readers in 2 John \u2013 the threat of persecution may be making direct reference unwise&#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is an interesting idea, given that the opening of 3 John seems even more cryptic than 2 John (2 John 1:1-4 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote1sym\" name=\"sdfootnote1anc\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/em> Christ the Father\u2019s Son, in truth and love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any mention of <i>God the Father<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qeou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pat.html#patros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>), <i>the Father<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pat.html#patros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>), <i>Jesus Christ<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/ih.html#ihsou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/cr.html#cristou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>) or <i>the Father&#8217;s Son<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ui.html#uiou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pat.html#patros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>) is conspicuous by its absence from 3 John. But the description of the <em>truth<\/em> in 2 John\u2014<i>the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever<\/i><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote2sym\" name=\"sdfootnote2anc\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a>\u2014helps decode the opening of 3 John. The Greek is: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, <i>the truth<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/men.html#menousan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, <i>that abides<\/i>. The Greek word <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/men.html#menousan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, translated <i>abides<\/i>, is actually a participle of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/men.html#menw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>, which functions more like a noun or an adjective, \u201cabiding,\u201d or \u201cthe abiding truth\u201d <i>in us<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>and&#8230;with us<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/meq.html#meq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u1fbf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>will be<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/es.html#estai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, <i>forever<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#ton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aiw.html#aiwna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus promised (John 14:16-18, 23b ESV). <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn13\">And I<\/a> will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn14\">to be<\/a> with you forever <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/meq.html#meq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u1fbf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/um.html#umwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#ton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aiw.html#aiwna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/h.html#h4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f96<\/a>|)<\/em>, even the Spirit of truth <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pn.html#pneuma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#ths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn15\">him<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn16\">You<\/a> know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_Table18\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cI will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cIf anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn20\">make<\/a> our home with him <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_Table19\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The<i>\u00a0truth that abides in us and will be with us forever<\/i><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote3sym\" name=\"sdfootnote3anc\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a> is nothing less than God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit. Working backwards with this as a key: <i>all who know the truth<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pan.html#pantes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f31<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/egn.html#egnwkotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03ba\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote4sym\" name=\"sdfootnote4anc\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>) are \u201call who know God the Father, God the Son through (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/dia.html#dia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a>; ESV: <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20John%201%3A2&amp;version=ESV#:~:text=2%20because%20of%20the%20truth%20that%20abides%20in,Bibles%2C%20a%20publishing%20ministry%20of%20Good%20News%20Publishers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because of<\/a><\/i>) God the indwelling Holy Spirit\u201d who <i>abides in us and will be with us forever<\/i>. And <i>whom I love in truth<\/i> is likely \u201cwhom I love by means of God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit.\u201d The phrase <i>in truth<\/i> is <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/nouns1.htm#DATIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dative case<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The dative is the case of the indirect object, or may also indicate the means by which something is done.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It makes some sense to decode <i>to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth<\/i><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote5sym\" name=\"sdfootnote5anc\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f43\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/egw.html#egw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agap.html#agapw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u1ff6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>) in a similar way: \u201cwhom I love by means of God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit.\u201d So who was Gaius? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We don\u2019t know if this specific Gaius is connected with the other men by this name mentioned in the New Testament (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Acts+19:29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 19:29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Acts+20:4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20:4<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Corinthians+1:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Corinthians 1:14<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Romans+16:23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 16:23<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In his commentary on 2 John Mr. Guzik had written or quoted the following about <i>the elect lady<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklekth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ku.html#kuria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>) :<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">b. <b>To the elect lady and her children<\/b>: Perhaps this was an individual Christian woman John wanted to warn and encourage by this letter. Or, the term might be a symbolic way of addressing this particular congregation.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i. \u201cThe phrase is, however, more likely to be a personification than a person \u2013 not the church at large but some local church over which the elder\u2019s jurisdiction was recognized, her children being the church\u2019s individual members.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stott<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ii. \u201cThis appears to have been some noted person, whom both her singular piety, and rank in the world, made eminent, and capable of having great influence for the support of the Christian interest.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Poole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poole<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">iii. John probably did not name himself, <b>the elect lady<\/b> or <b>her children<\/b> by name because this was written during a time of persecution. Perhaps John didn\u2019t want to implicate anyone by name in a written letter. If the letter was intercepted and the authorities knew who it was written to by name, it might mean death for those persons. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The adjective <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklekth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> (ESV: <i>the elect<\/i>), a singular form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/nouns1.htm#DATIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dative case<\/a>, has an \u201cAdjectival Meaning\u201d\u2014\u201cchosen, selective, selected, hand-picked, preferred; favoured, pure\u201d\u2014and a \u201cSubstantival Meaning\u201d\u2014\u201celect, choice, select; prime\u201d\u2014according to the Koine Greek Lexicon online. But the word would bring many things to mind in those <i>born according to the Spirit<\/i> as they were <i>persecuted<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+John+1:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 John 1:9-11<\/a>) by those <i>born according to the flesh<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote6sym\" name=\"sdfootnote6anc\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And the people stood by, watching, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/09\/20\/atonement-part-7\/#_ftn21\">rulers<\/a> scoffed at <em>[Jesus]<\/em>, saying, \u201cHe saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f41<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>!\u201d<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote7sym\" name=\"sdfootnote7anc\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God\u2019s elect <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, a plural form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote8sym\" name=\"sdfootnote8anc\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Put on then, as God\u2019s chosen ones <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u1f76<\/a>, another plural form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, holy and beloved, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/05\/20\/hannahs-prayer-part-1\/#_ftn10\">compassionate<\/a> hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/05\/20\/hannahs-prayer-part-1\/#_ftn11\">patience<\/a>, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/05\/20\/hannahs-prayer-part-1\/#_ftn12\">Lord<\/a> has forgiven you, so you also must forgive <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/05\/20\/hannahs-prayer-part-1\/#_Table16\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>. And above all these put on love, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote17sym\">which<\/a> binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote18sym\">Christ<\/a> rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote19sym\">and<\/a> hymns <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote20sym\">and<\/a> spiritual songs, with <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote21sym\">thankfulness<\/a> in your <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote22sym\">hearts<\/a> to God. And <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote23sym\">whatever<\/a> you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#sdfootnote24sym\">God<\/a> the Father through him <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/12\/11\/romans-part-34\/#_Table10\">Table<\/a>].<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote9sym\" name=\"sdfootnote9anc\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These are of one mind, and they hand over<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote10sym\" name=\"sdfootnote10anc\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/em> their<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote11sym\" name=\"sdfootnote11anc\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/em> power and authority<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote12sym\" name=\"sdfootnote12anc\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/em> to the beast. They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u1f76<\/a>, another plural form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> and faithful.\u201d<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote13sym\" name=\"sdfootnote13anc\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklekton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a>, a singular form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote14sym\" name=\"sdfootnote14anc\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/em> a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote15sym\" name=\"sdfootnote15anc\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But you are a chosen <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklekton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd<\/a>, a singular form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekl.html#eklektos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote16sym\" name=\"sdfootnote16anc\"><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek word translated <i>lady<\/i> was <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ku.html#kuri'a!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ku.html#kuria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/nouns1.htm#DATIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dative case<\/a>, meaning: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/dictionary\/cyria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyria<\/a>; lady, mistress; an area under one&#8217;s control\u201d according to the Koine Greek Lexicon online. I was unable to date (or even corroborate) the meaning \u201can area under one&#8217;s control,\u201d but it seems like the most natural understanding if that meaning coincides with the time <i>The elder<\/i> wrote to any and all the <em>elect<\/em> who would hear him in that \u201carea under [their] control.\u201d If it was an obscure meaning at that time, all the better to protect both writer and reader from nosy or malevolent authorities. But even as I began to doubt that <i>The elder<\/i> of 3 John would \u201cimplicate\u201d an individual named <i>Gaius<\/i> while protecting his own identity, I was not so successful decoding <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/ga.html#gaiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0393\u03b1\u0390\u1ff3<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/ga.html#gaios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0393\u03ac\u03ca\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> in any similar way.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gaius is a common Roman name mentioned several times in the New Testament. It refers to different individuals who were early Christians and associates of the Apostle Paul and the Apostle John. The name Gaius means &#8220;rejoice&#8221; or &#8220;glad.&#8221;<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote17sym\" name=\"sdfootnote17anc\"><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianwebsite.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Williams<\/a>, in her blog post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianwebsite.com\/who-is-gaius-in-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who Is Gaius In The Bible? A Complete Overview<\/a>\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianwebsite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Website<\/a> online, wrote at some length about \u201cGaius the Host at Corinth\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The book of Romans mentions Gaius as Paul\u2019s host while the apostle was in Corinth (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Romans+16:23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 16:23<\/a>). This Gaius is described as Paul\u2019s dear friend and fellow worker in Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">He graciously opened his home to Paul during his missionary travels, providing food, shelter, and Christian fellowship.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gaius\u2019 hospitality enabled Paul to devote himself fully to preaching the gospel and planting churches, rather than having to worry about daily provisions.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">His generosity no doubt brought great encouragement to Paul during an intense season of ministry in Corinth.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This reminds us of the importance of hospitality in the early church. By welcoming traveling teachers like Paul into their homes, believers strengthened the spread of the faith.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">They participated in gospel work by supporting the physical needs of those on the front lines of ministry.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ms. Williams&#8217; eulogy\u00a0helped me realize that <i>Gaius<\/i> may have already been synonymous with <em>faithfulness<\/em> among the faithful, and helped me to conclude that 3 John was not a personal letter to a man, but a coded missive to all who remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel in a time when such faithfulness was a death sentence (for the apostles, most notably) or a cause for excommunication from the church. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus had <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/03\/11\/exploration-part-9\/#_promise\">promised<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Matthew+10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twelve as He sent them out<\/a> (Matthew 10:22 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;you will be hated by all <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pan.html#pantwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pas.html#pas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> for my name\u2019s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Elder<\/em> wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote18sym\" name=\"sdfootnote18anc\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things<\/b>: The word for <b>prosper<\/b> literally means \u201cto have a good journey.\u201d It metaphorically means to succeed or prosper. It is like saying, \u201cI hope things go well for you.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote19sym\" name=\"sdfootnote19anc\"><sup>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It reads differently, however, as coded communication addressed to many faithful people in difficult circumstances. The Greek word, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agap.html#agaphte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f08\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73<\/a>, <i>Beloved<\/i>, sounds less like a familiar greeting and more like a blessing of God; <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/peri.html#peri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pan.html#pantwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>that all<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/euc.html#eucomai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f54\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, <i>I pray<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/se.html#se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03b5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/euo.html#euodousqai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f50\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, <i>may go well with you<\/i>, sounds more like a heartfelt and sincere prayer for the grace of God than such a familiar greeting might otherwise imply. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ug.html#ugiainein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>and that you may be in good health<\/i>. Mr. Guzik commented with a quote from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Stott<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cBoth verbs [for <b>prosper<\/b> and be in <b>health<\/b>] belonged to the everyday language of letter writing\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stott<\/a>). This phrase was so common that sometimes it was condensed into only initials, and everyone knew what the writer meant just from the initials.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote20sym\" name=\"sdfootnote20anc\"><sup>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And that&#8217;s how prying authorities would understand it, addressed to an individual named <i>Gaius<\/i>. But from the apostle to all the faithful elect suffering persecution, and possible physical harm or death, it reads differently, even humorously in an ironic sense: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kaq.html#kaqws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/euo.html#euodoutai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f50\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, <i>as it goes well<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#sou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/h.html#h5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/yu.html#yuch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f75<\/a>, <i>with your soul<\/i>. Again Mr. Guzik commented:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Just as your soul prospers<\/b>: John here made an analogy between the condition of our health and the condition of our soul. Many Christians would be desperately ill if their physical health was instantly in the same state as their spiritual health.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> didn&#8217;t write to those who did not yet exhibit <i>the fruit<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kar.html#karpos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">result<\/a>) <i>of the Spirit<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Galatians+5:22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galatians 5:22, 23<\/a>) to Mr. Guzik&#8217;s satisfaction, to those who tried, like <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%203:1&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foolish Galatians<\/a>,<\/i> to be <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%203%3A3&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfected by the flesh<\/a><\/i>. <i>The elder <\/i>wrote to the faithful like <i>Gaius<\/i>, and prayed that even in persecution God would prosper their physical bodies and circumstances as He had prospered their souls. And nosy authorities would be none the wiser. <em>The elder<\/em> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ec.html#ecarhn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ga.html#gar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u1f70\u03c1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/li.html#lian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bb\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, <i>For I rejoiced greatly<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/er.html#ercomenwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ade.html#adelfwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>when the brothers came<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mar.html#marturountwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>and testified<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#sou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, <i>to your truth<\/i>. I&#8217;ve already decoded this <i>truth<\/i> in the dative case as by means of God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit. As Paul wrote (Galatians 2:20 NET):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> confirmed that understanding, writing: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kaq.html#kaqws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/su.html#su\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u1f7a<\/a>, <i>as indeed you<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, <i>in the truth<\/i> (or \u201cby means of the truth\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/perip.html#peripateis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>are walking<\/i>. In other words, the elect, those who are faithful like <i>Gaius<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%205:16&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>walk by the Spirit<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mei.html#meizoteran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, <i>greater<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#toutwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>than<\/i> (literally, \u201cthese\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#ouk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f50\u03ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ec.html#ecw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03c7\u03c9<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ca.html#caran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03bd<\/a>|, <i>I have <\/i>[not]<i> joy<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/in.html#ina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ako.html#akouw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c9<\/a>, \u201cthat I hear,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ta.html#ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ema.html#ema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bc\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/tek.html#tekna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bd\u03b1<\/a>, \u201cthe children of mine,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, <i>in the truth<\/i> (or, \u201cby means of the truth\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/perip.html#peripatounta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1<\/a>, <i>are walking<\/i>. Again, I&#8217;ll stress that in this coded missive <i>the truth<\/i> is nothing less than God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Mr. Guzik offered the following insight from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Spurgeon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Spurgeon<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>That my children walk in truth<\/b>: This means more than living with correct doctrine. \u201cWhat is it to \u2018walk in truth\u2019? It is not walking [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studylight.org\/commentaries\/eng\/spe\/3-john-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">merely resting<\/a>] in the truth, or else some would suppose it meant that John was overjoyed because they were sound in doctrine, and cared little for anything else. His joyous survey did include their orthodoxy in creed, but it reached far beyond.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Spurgeon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurgeon<\/a>)<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote21sym\" name=\"sdfootnote21anc\"><sup>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik then offered more detail, loosely based on Spurgeon&#8217;s commentary:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To <b>walk in truth<\/b> means to walk consistent with the truth you believe. If you believe that you are fallen, then walk wary of your fallenness. If you believe you are a child of God, then walk like a child of heaven. If you believe you are forgiven, then walk like a forgiven person.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To <b>walk in truth<\/b> means to walk in a way that is real and genuine, without any phoniness or concealment.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote22sym\" name=\"sdfootnote22anc\"><sup>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is too whimsical for my taste, too focused on individual preference and effort, rather than <i>the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me<\/i>. A glimpse into Charles Spurgeon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studylight.org\/commentaries\/eng\/spe\/3-john-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actual words<\/a> follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It is a great thing to hear of our people that they are abiding in the Truth as they have been taught. But to walk in the Truth of God means something more it signifies action in consistency with Truth.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If you believe that you are fallen, walk in consistency with that Truth of God by watching your fallen nature and walking humbly with God. Do you believe that there is one God? Walk in the Truth of God and reverence Him and none beside. Do you believe in Election? Prove that you are elect walk in the Truth of God as the chosen, peculiar people of God, zealous for good works. Do you believe in Redemption? Is that a fundamental Truth of God with you? Walk in it, for \u201cyou are not your own, you are bought with a price.\u201d Do you believe in Effectual Calling and Regeneration as the work of the Spirit of God? Then walk in the power of God and let your holy lives prove that you have, indeed, been renewed by the supernatural work of God\u2019s Grace. Walk in consistency with what you believe!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But walking in Truth means yet more, it signifies \u201cbe real.\u201d Much of the walking to be seen in the world is a vain show, the masquerade of religion, the mimicry of godliness. In too many instances the man wears two faces under one hat and possesses a duplicate manhood. He is not real in anything good he is a clever actor and no more. Alas, that one should have to say it, very much of the religiousness of this present age is nothing more than playing at religion! Why, look at the Christian year of the Ritualistic party in our national Church, look at it, and tell me, what is it? It is a kind of practical charade, of which a sort of Passion Play is one act!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The life of Christ is supposed to be acted over again, and we are asked to sing carols as if Jesus were just born, eat salt fish because He is fasting, carry palms because He is riding through Jerusalem, and actually to hear a bell toll His funeral knell as if He were dying! One day He is born and another day He is circumcised, so that the year is spent in a solemn make-believe, for none of these things are happening! The Lord Jesus sits in Heaven, indignant to be made a play of! Have nothing do [<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">sic<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">] with such things! Leave the shadows and pursue the Substance. Worship Christ as He is and then you will regard Him as \u201cthe same yesterday, today, and forever.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When men see you, let them see that what you believe you believe in downright earnest, and that there is no sham about you. Then they might call you a bigot for which be thankful! Take the word home, keep it as an honorable title, far too good to be flung back upon your foe. They may call you a wild enthusiast in return pray God to make them enthusiastic, too for in such a cause one cannot be too much in earnest. Do not go through the world like respectable shades, haunting the tomb of a dead Christ, but be alive with the life of God alive from head to foot to Divine realities! So will you walk in the Truth of God!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">See how truly the Apostles bore themselves [<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e.g.<em>, in the book of Acts]. They were ready to die for the Truth of God they held, and all their lives they were making sacrifices for it. Let your truthfulness be so powerful a force that others can see that you are carried away by its force and governed by its impulses.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus told the Apostles precisely how they would do what they did in Acts: <i>But <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/03\/11\/exploration-part-9\/#sdfootnote45sym\">you will receive<\/a> power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/30\/the-holy-spirit-is-the-epaggelia-%e1%bc%90%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%af%ce%b1-of-the-father\/#sdfootnote2sym\">my<\/a> witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote23sym\" name=\"sdfootnote23anc\"><sup>23<\/sup><\/a> <i>But I say, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2024\/12\/30\/exploration-part-5\/\">walk by the Spirit<\/a><\/i>, Paul wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Galatians+3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>foolish Galatians<\/i><\/a>, <i>and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote24sym\" name=\"sdfootnote24anc\"><sup>24<\/sup><\/a> And I was just reminded recently how Jesus&#8217; responded to the desire of his flesh \u201cto live (or not to be tortured to death)\u201d:<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote25sym\" name=\"sdfootnote25anc\"><sup>25<\/sup><\/a> <i>Take this cup away from me,<\/i><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote26sym\" name=\"sdfootnote26anc\"><sup>26<\/sup><\/a> He begged earnestly and honestly. <i>Yet not what I will, but what you will<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote27sym\" name=\"sdfootnote27anc\"><sup>27<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued (3 John 1:5-8 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are,<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote28sym\" name=\"sdfootnote28anc\"><sup>28<\/sup><\/a><\/em> who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote29sym\" name=\"sdfootnote29anc\"><sup>29<\/sup><\/a><\/em> Therefore we ought to support<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote30sym\" name=\"sdfootnote30anc\"><sup>30<\/sup><\/a><\/em> people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek is: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agap.html#agaphte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f08\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73<\/a>, <i>Beloved<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pi.html#piston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a>, <i>it is a faithful thing<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/poi.html#poieis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>you do<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f43<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ea.html#ean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u1f70\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/er.html#ergash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u1f71\u03c3\u1fc3<\/a>, <i>in all your efforts<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ade.html#adelfous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a>, <i>for these brothers<\/i>, presumably the same <i>brothers<\/i> who <i>came and testified to your truth<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote31sym\" name=\"sdfootnote31anc\"><sup>31<\/sup><\/a> The next phrase is different in the critical and received texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The critical text had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/xe.html#xenous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03be\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>\u2014<i>strangers as they are<\/i> (ESV; literally, \u201cand this strangers\u201d)\u2014where the received text had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/xe.html#xenous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03be\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>\u2014<i>and to strangers<\/i> (KJV). The former suggests that <i>the brothers<\/i> were unknown to those \u201cwho remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel\u201d except by word or letter from <i>The elder<\/i>. The latter suggests that the <i>faithful thing you do in all your efforts<\/i> was done for brothers as well as for strangers by the elect, those \u201cwho remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel\u201d like Gaius. The critical text is currently considered the more original and, therefore, reliable text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A translator&#8217;s note (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10<\/a>) in the NET on a different topic reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Since the author is going to ask Gaius for additional help for these missionaries in the following verse, he begins here by commending Gaius for all that he has already done in this regard.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the author was not commending those \u201cwho [like Gaius] remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel.\u201d If they were commended by anyone, it was by <i>the brothers<\/i>: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oi6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f33<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ema.html#emarturhsan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, <i>who testified<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#sou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agap.html#agaph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u1fc3<\/a>, <i>to your love<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/enw.html#enwpion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekk.html#ekklhsias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, <i>before the church<\/i>. And, presumably, <i>the brothers&#8217;<\/i> testimony was true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder&#8217;s<\/i> instruction was not a ploy to manipulate those \u201cwho [like Gaius] remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel.\u201d Rather, he gave them true instruction in faithful service to counterbalance the false instruction of the church of Diotrephes (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:9, 10<\/a>). That true instruction included: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#ous3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f53\u03c2<\/a>, <i>them<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kal.html#kalws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>well<\/i> (or, beautifully), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/poi.html#poihseis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>, <i>You will do<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/prop.html#propemyas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u1f73\u03bc\u03c8\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, <i>to send<\/i>&#8230;<i>on their journey<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ax.html#axiws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03be\u1f77\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, <i>in a manner worthy<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qeou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>, <i>of God<\/i>. This is the only direct mention <i>of God<\/i> in this letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> took pains in an otherwise abbreviated communication to explain why doing so was doing well or doing beautifully: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/uper.html#uper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ga.html#gar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u1f70\u03c1<\/a>, <i>For<\/i>&#8230;<i>for the sake<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#onomatos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03bd\u1f79\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>, <i>of the name<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/exh.html#exhlqon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>, <i>they have gone out<\/i>. <i>The elder&#8217;s<\/i> use <i>of the name<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#onomatos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03bd\u1f79\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>, without mention of God or Christ or Jesus is interesting both as coded communication and for its imitation of Jewish use of <i>Hashem<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hashem <em>is a Hebrew term for God. Literally, it means \u201cthe name.\u201d In the Bible the Hebrew word for God is made up of four letters, and according to tradition it was only pronounced on Yom Kippur by the High Priest. Saying God\u2019s name was considered a very serious and powerful thing, so much so that one of the Ten Commandments prohibits us from <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/01\/31\/hypocrisy\/\">saying God\u2019s name in vain<\/a>. As a result, people have come up with various substitutions.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When reading Torah, we generally substitute the word Adonai for the four letter un-pronounceable name of God. Outside of reading Torah and praying, God is often referred to as Hashem, a creative way of not saying God\u2019s name.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote32sym\" name=\"sdfootnote32anc\"><sup>32<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mhden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b7\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/la.html#lambanontes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/apo.html#apo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03c0\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/tw.html#twn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>accepting nothing from the Gentiles<\/i>. (The critical text had the adjective <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> here, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>, where the received text had the noun <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>.) Mr. Guzik <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> (with no source citation) why <i>the brothers<\/i> journeyed <i>accepting nothing from the Gentiles<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Taking nothing from the Gentiles<\/b>: The ancient world of the early church was filled with the missionaries and preachers of various religions, and they often supported themselves by taking offerings from the general public. But John said that these Christian missionaries should take <b>nothing from the Gentiles<\/b> (non-Christians). Instead of soliciting funds from the general public they were to look to the support of fellow Christians.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul explained his own <em>steps<\/em> (2 Corinthians 12:14-18 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Here for the<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote33sym\" name=\"sdfootnote33anc\"><sup>33<\/sup><\/a><\/em> third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote34sym\" name=\"sdfootnote34anc\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/a><\/em> you. For children are not obligated <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/of.html#ofeilei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/of.html#ofeilw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> to save up for their parents, but<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote35sym\" name=\"sdfootnote35anc\"><sup>35<\/sup><\/a><\/em> parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/10\/17\/romans-part-27\/#sdfootnote22sym\">If<\/a> I love you more, am I to be loved <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/10\/17\/romans-part-27\/#sdfootnote23sym\">less<\/a>? <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/10\/17\/romans-part-27\/#_Table6\">Table<\/a>]<\/em> But granting that I myself did not burden you, I<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote36sym\" name=\"sdfootnote36anc\"><sup>36<\/sup><\/a><\/em> was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you? I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote37sym\" name=\"sdfootnote37anc\"><sup>37<\/sup><\/a><\/em> Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> concluded: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmeis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>we<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#oun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f56\u03bd<\/a>, <i>Therefore<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/of.html#ofeilomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, <i>ought<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upol.html#upolambanein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>to support<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#toioutous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>, <i>people like these<\/i> (literally, \u201csuch as these\u201d). This is something the elect owe as a debt; <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/of.html#ofeilomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> is a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/of.html#ofeilw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03c9<\/a>: \u201cto owe (a sum of money to someone), be in debt; to owe, be indebted (to someone for something); to be obligated, ought, should; to be bound (by an oath).\u201d And yet, <i>The elder<\/i> offered a reason: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/in.html#ina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1<\/a>, <i>that<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/suner.html#sunergoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u1f76<\/a>, <i>fellow workers<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gi.html#ginwmeqa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1<\/a>, <i>we may be<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, <i>for the truth<\/i> (or, \u201cby means of the truth,\u201d <i>e.g.<\/i>, \u201cGod the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik wrote, quoting Jesus:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jesus said, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2020\/04\/21\/a-shadow-of-the-good-things-part-5\/#_ftn17\">shall receive<\/a> a prophet\u2019s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2020\/04\/21\/a-shadow-of-the-good-things-part-5\/#_ftn18\">shall receive<\/a> a righteous man\u2019s reward <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2020\/04\/21\/a-shadow-of-the-good-things-part-5\/#_Table7\">Table<\/a>] (Matthew 10:40-41). This should make us consider how we receive and help those who preach the Gospel.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote38sym\" name=\"sdfootnote38anc\"><sup>38<\/sup><\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued with a contrast (3 John 1:9, 10 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I have written something<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote39sym\" name=\"sdfootnote39anc\"><sup>39<\/sup><\/a><\/em> to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik wrote of Diotrephes:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>But Diotrephes<\/b>: John publicly rebuked this man, and he rebuked him by name. In rebuking him by name the apostle of love did not act outside of love. Instead, he followed the clear command of the Scriptures (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Romans+16:17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 16:17<\/a>) and the example of other apostles (<a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Timothy+4:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Timothy 4:14-15<\/a>).<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote40sym\" name=\"sdfootnote40anc\"><sup>40<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the name \u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2 has an evocative meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Word Origin<\/strong>: From the Greek words &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/di.html#dios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0394\u03b9\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>&#8221; (Dios, meaning &#8220;of Zeus&#8221;) and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/tre.html#trefw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c6\u03c9<\/a>&#8221; (trepho, meaning &#8220;to nourish&#8221; or &#8220;to bring up&#8221;)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong>: Diotrephes is a personal name mentioned in the New Testament, specifically in the Third Epistle of John. The name means &#8220;nourished by Zeus,&#8221; reflecting a common practice in Hellenistic culture of naming individuals after deities. In the biblical context, Diotrephes is noted for his negative behavior, particularly his love for preeminence and his opposition to the Apostle John and his associates.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote41sym\" name=\"sdfootnote41anc\"><sup>41<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It seems prudent to at least consider that \u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2, rather than an individual with outsized influence in the church, was <i>The elders&#8217;<\/i> code name for a number of converts who still clung too much to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians%204:22&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>old self<\/i><\/a> as pagans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek was: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/egr.html#egraya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f1c\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ti.html#ti2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekk.html#ekklhsia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, <i>I have written something to the church<\/i> (that letter is lost or it is 1 John), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1fbf<\/a>, <i>but<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f41<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filoprwteuwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, [the person] <i>who likes to put himself first<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#autwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>among them<\/i> (KJV), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/di.html#diotrefhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#ouk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f50\u03ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/epid.html#epidecetai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u1f73\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>Diotrephes&#8230;does not acknowledge our authority<\/i>. The Greek word <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filoprwteuwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/philopro_teuo_n_5383.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only occurs here<\/a>. It is a compound of the prefix <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filogewrgos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf-<\/a> and the participle <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/prw.html#prwteuwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, which also <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/pro_teuo_n_4409.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only occurs once<\/a> in Paul&#8217;s description of Jesus (Colossians 1:15-20 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote42sym\" name=\"sdfootnote42anc\"><sup>42<\/sup><\/a><\/em> heaven and on<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote43sym\" name=\"sdfootnote43anc\"><sup>43<\/sup><\/a><\/em> earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities\u2014all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/prw.html#prwteuwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, a present participle of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/prw.html#prwteuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em>. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote44sym\" name=\"sdfootnote44anc\"><sup>44<\/sup><\/a><\/em> heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2020\/11\/29\/fear-deuteronomy-part-16\/#_Table31\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In other words, those like Diotrephes who were still nourished by Zeus usurped Jesus&#8217; preeminence in the church as well as in themselves. <i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/dia.html#dia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>, <i>So<\/i> (literally: \u201cbecause of this\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ea.html#ean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u1f70\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/elq.html#elqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03bb\u03b8\u03c9<\/a>, <i>if <\/i>(or, <i>when<\/i>)<i> I come <\/i>(in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#MOOD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subjunctive mood<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upom.html#upomnhsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03c9<\/a>, <i>I will bring up<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#autou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ta.html#ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/er.html#erga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/a.html#a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f03<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/poi.html#poiei2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a>, <i>what he is doing<\/i> (literally: \u201chis works which he does\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/lo.html#logois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pon.html#ponhrois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fl.html#fluarwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03bb\u03c5\u03b1\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>, <i>talking wicked nonsense against us<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f74<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ark.html#arkoumenos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03c1\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/epi.html#epi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#toutois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>, <i>And not content with that<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#oute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f54\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#autos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>, <i>he refuses<\/i> (literally, \u201cneither he\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/epid.html#epidecetai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u1f73\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ade.html#adelfous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a>, <i>to welcome the brothers<\/i> (or, <i>receives the brothers<\/i>, or even, <i>recognizes the authority of the brothers<\/i>), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/bou.html#boulomenous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>, <i>and<\/i>&#8230;<i>those who want to<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kw.html#kwluei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c9\u03bb\u1f7b\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>, <i>also stops<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ek.html#ek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#ths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekk.html#ekklhsias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ekb.html#ekballei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba\u03b2\u1f71\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>, <i>and puts them out of the church<\/i> (<i>and out of the church puts them<\/i> is nearer the word order in Greek).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If I consider 1 John as the letter <i>The elder<\/i> sent that those like <i>Diotrephes<\/i> rejected, John&#8217;s discussion of <i>many antichrists<\/i> hints at what may have been happening (1 John 2:18, 19 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2023\/09\/19\/the-day-of-the-lord-part-5\/#sdfootnote14sym\">antichrist<\/a> is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2023\/09\/19\/the-day-of-the-lord-part-5\/#sdfootnote15sym\">They went out<\/a> from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2023\/09\/19\/the-day-of-the-lord-part-5\/#_Table6\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This implies an exodus from the church, and causes me to wonder if declining membership created doubt in the minds of \u201cthose like Diotrephes who were still nourished by Zeus,\u201d regarding both the leadership and teaching of <i>the brothers<\/i>. <i>The elder<\/i> concluded:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote45sym\" name=\"sdfootnote45anc\"><sup>45<\/sup><\/a><\/em> does evil has not seen God.<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote46sym\" name=\"sdfootnote46anc\"><sup>46<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a id=\"_imitate\"><\/a>The Greek was: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agap.html#agaphte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f08\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73<\/a>, <i>Beloved<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f74<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mi.html#mimou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kak.html#kakon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f78\u03bd<\/a>, <i>do not imitate evil<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agaq.html#agaqon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f79\u03bd<\/a>, <i>but imitate good<\/i> (literally, \u201cbut the good\u201d); <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f41<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/agaq.html#agaqopoiwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>Whoever does good<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ek.html#ek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qeou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>, <i>from God<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/es.html#estin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>is<\/i>; <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/o.html#o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f41<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kak.html#kakopoiwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>whoever does evil<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#ouc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f50\u03c7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ew.html#ewrake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f11\u1f7d\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#ton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qeon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u1f79\u03bd<\/a>, <i>has not seen God<\/i>. It reminds me of Jesus describing the promised Holy Spirit (John 14:16, 17 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn13\">And I<\/a> will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn14\">to be<\/a> with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qewrei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qewrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> him nor knows him. <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn16\">You<\/a> know <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_ftn15\">him<\/a>, for he dwells with you and will be in you <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/11\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-3\/#_Table18\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued with what sounds like an unsolicited personal recommendation (3 John 1:12 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote47sym\" name=\"sdfootnote47anc\"><sup>47<\/sup><\/a><\/em> that our testimony is true.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik speculated about the identity of Demetrius: \u201cPerhaps he was the one who carried the letter from John to Gaius, and John wanted Gaius to know that Demetrius was worthy of Christian hospitality.\u201d<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote48sym\" name=\"sdfootnote48anc\"><sup>48<\/sup><\/a> The entry from Strong&#8217;s Lexicon reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong>: The name Demetrius appears in the New Testament as a proper noun referring to two distinct individuals. It is a common Greek name, meaning &#8220;belonging to Demeter.&#8221; In the context of the New Testament, it is used to identify specific individuals involved in early Christian history.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Cultural and Historical Background<\/strong>: In the Greco-Roman world, names derived from deities were common, reflecting the cultural and religious milieu of the time. Demeter was a significant figure in Greek mythology, representing the earth&#8217;s fertility and the cycle of life and death. The name Demetrius would have been familiar and carried connotations of prosperity and growth.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote49sym\" name=\"sdfootnote49anc\"><sup>49<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/1216.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other occurrences<\/a> of <i>Demetrius<\/i> are found in <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Acts+19:23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 19:23-41<\/a>. While the meaning of the name <i>Demetrius<\/i> is interesting, apart from any indication what this particular Demetrius was doing, it is difficult to understand his name as code for a third group of people to complement \u201cthose like Diotrephes who were still nourished by Zeus\u201d and those \u201cwho [like Gaius] remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel.\u201d It leaves me with Demetrius as a relatively unknown individual, though apparently well known to the original recipients of 3 John. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek is: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/names\/dh.html#dhmhtriw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mem.html#memarturhtai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upo.html#upo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pan.html#pantwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone.<\/i> I assume that <i>everyone<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pan.html#pantwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, means <i>The elder<\/i>, <i>the brothers<\/i>, those \u201cwho [like Gaius] remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel,\u201d and \u201cthose like Diotrephes who were still nourished by Zeus.\u201d So, <em>The elder<\/em> brought up a point of agreement among them. Though this is probably the most reasonable way to translate this wordstring, there is another possibility: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mem.html#memarturhtai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, a passive form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mar.html#marturew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>, can mean \u201cto be famous, be illlustrious.\u201d It is something to bear in mind in this coded missive, if for no other reason than its potential to broaden the meaning of <i>everyone<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek continues: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upo.html#upo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u1f78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#ths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, <i>and from the truth itself<\/i>. To translate <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <i>itself<\/i> is novel (see <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Tablea\">Table<\/a> below). It was usually translated <i>its<\/i> when <i>her<\/i> seemed overly awkward in English. I only found one other occurrence in John&#8217;s writings in the New Testament where the pronoun preceded the article and the noun: In Revelation 18:5 <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ai.html#ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f31<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ama.html#amartiai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> was translated <i>her sins<\/i> in the ESV. A more natural translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#ths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqeias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> would be <i>her truth<\/i> or <i>its truth<\/i>, which begs the question, Whose truth? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It turns my thoughts back to Demeter and the meaning of the name <i>Demetrius<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Demeter was a significant figure in Greek mythology, representing the earth&#8217;s fertility and the cycle of life and death. The name Demetrius would have been familiar and carried connotations of prosperity and growth.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote50sym\" name=\"sdfootnote50anc\"><sup>50<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It causes me to wonder if the \u201ctwo distinct individuals\u201d named <i>Demetrius<\/i> in the New Testament were an <i>old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires<\/i>,<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote51sym\" name=\"sdfootnote51anc\"><sup>51<\/sup><\/a> in Acts 19:23-41 and a <i>new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness<\/i>,<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote52sym\" name=\"sdfootnote52anc\"><sup>52<\/sup><\/a> in 3 John 1:12. The grace of God would be quite encouraging to the faithful, those enduring persecution in the church from those \u201cnourished by Zeus,\u201d if <em>The elder<\/em> recalled a silversmith who started a riot in Ephesus against Paul&#8217;s Gospel, but was <em>illustrious<\/em> among the faithful (and the as yet less than faithful) for his current faithfulness by means of <em>the truth<\/em>: God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This was the understanding of <a href=\"https:\/\/journeyonline.org\/authors\/jim-cole-rous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Cole-Rous<\/a> in his article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/journeyonline.org\/lessons\/demetrius-the-silversmith\/?series=8751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demetrius the Silversmith<\/a>,\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/journeyonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JourneyOnline<\/a>: \u201cDemetrius, the wealthy and influential leader of the riot, had become a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d And Mr. Guzik rightly noted in his <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary<\/a>: \u201cJohn did not excommunicate Diotrephes.\u201d Did <em>The elder<\/em> continue to hope in the grace of God the Father, God the Son through God the indwelling Holy Spirit?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> \u201cadded\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmeis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/de.html#de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u1f72<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mar.html#marturoumen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, <i>We also add our testimony<\/i>. The word <i>add<\/i> was added by the translators, apparently to highlight <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/de.html#de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u1f72<\/a>, translated <i>also<\/i>. Still, it accentuates how redundant or presumptuous it was to \u201cadd\u201d such testimony to <i>the truth itself<\/i>.<i> <\/i>On the other hand, if the <i>The elder<\/i> referred to the \u201ctruth\u201d of the pagan goddess <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demeter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demeter<\/a> implied by the name <i>Demetrius<\/i>, the testimony of <i>the Elder<\/i> and <i>the brothers<\/i> would be welcome to the elect, to those \u201cwho [like Gaius] remained faithful to Christ and the Gospel\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oidas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ot.html#oti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/h.html#h5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mar.html#marturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/alh.html#alhqhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u1f75\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/es.html#estin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>and you know that our testimony is true<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It seems appropriate at this point to highlight that testimony (1 John 1:1-4 ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life\u2014the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+17:3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eternal life<\/a> <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/zw.html#zwhn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b6\u03c9\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aiw.html#aiwnion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f30\u1f7d\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>)<\/em>, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us\u2014that which we have seen and heard we proclaim <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2023\/09\/19\/the-day-of-the-lord-part-5\/#sdfootnote19sym\">also<\/a> to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2023\/09\/19\/the-day-of-the-lord-part-5\/#_Table7\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>. And we are writing<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote53sym\" name=\"sdfootnote53anc\"><sup>53<\/sup><\/a><\/em> these things so that our joy may be complete.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The elder continued (3 John 1:13-15 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I had much to write to you,<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote54sym\" name=\"sdfootnote54anc\"><sup>54<\/sup><\/a><\/em> but I would rather not write<em><a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote55sym\" name=\"sdfootnote55anc\"><sup>55<\/sup><\/a><\/em> with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greek is: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pol.html#polla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a>, <i>much<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eic.html#eicon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f36\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>, <i>I had<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#soi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, <i>to write to you<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1fbf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ou.html#ou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f50<\/a>, <i>but<\/i>&#8230;<i>not<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/qe.html#qelw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03c9<\/a>, <i>I would rather<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/dia.html#dia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mel.html#melanos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kal.html#kalamou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f71\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>, <i>with ink<\/i><i>\u00a0and pen<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#soi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, <i>write<\/i>. The adjective <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mel.html#melanos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mel.html#melas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, \u201cblack colour, dark,\u201d was translated <i>ink<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/3188.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three times<\/a> in the New Testament. In coded communications like 2 and 3 John, where meaning is obscured, it seems prudent to also consider its <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/3189.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original meaning<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong>: The Greek adjective &#8220;\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2&#8221; (melas) is used to describe the color black. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to convey darkness or a lack of light, which can symbolize sin, judgment, or mourning. The term can also be used literally to describe the color of objects or appearances. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Cultural and Historical Background<\/strong>: In ancient Greek culture, the color black was often associated with death, mourning, and the underworld. It was a color that symbolized the absence of light and was frequently used in literature and art to depict negative or ominous themes. In the Jewish tradition, black could also symbolize mourning and was sometimes used in the context of sackcloth and ashes, which were traditional signs of repentance and grief.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote56sym\" name=\"sdfootnote56anc\"><sup>56<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/elp.html#elpizw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>, <i>I hope<\/i>,<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote57sym\" name=\"sdfootnote57anc\"><sup>57<\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/de.html#de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u1f72<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/euq.html#euqews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, <i>soon<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/se.html#se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03b5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/id.html#idein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f30\u03b4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>, <i>to see you<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kai.html#kai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a>, <i>and<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/sto.html#stoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/pros.html#pros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/sto.html#stoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>, <i>face to face<\/i> (or, \u201cmouth to mouth\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/la.html#lalhsomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, <i>we will talk<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Guzik observed:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We can sympathize with John\u2019s preference for personal, face to face communication rather than the writing of letters. Yet we are thankful that John was forced to write, so that we have the record of this letter of 3 John.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote58sym\" name=\"sdfootnote58anc\"><sup>58<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The clause \u201cthat John was forced to write\u201d was as close as Mr. Guzik came to recalling his earlier speculation about \u201cthe threat of persecution\u201d as a reason that <i>The elder<\/i> \u201cdoes not directly refer to himself.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The elder <\/i>concluded his letter: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eir.html#eirhnh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#soi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, <i>Peace be to you<\/i>. It is a true and beautiful blessing upon the elect, those who walk by the Spirit: <i>the fruit <\/i>(or, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/03\/exploration-part-10\/#_fruit\">\u201cresult\u201d<\/a>)<i> of the Spirit is love, joy, peace<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eir.html#eirhnh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7<\/a>)&#8230;<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote59sym\" name=\"sdfootnote59anc\"><sup>59<\/sup><\/a> <i>The elder<\/i> continued: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/asp.html#aspazontai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/se.html#se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03b5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f31<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, <i>The friends greet you<\/i>. This reminds one of Jesus&#8217; words: <i>You are my friends <\/i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u1f77\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, a plural form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<i> if you do <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/11\/21\/the-soul\/#sdfootnote14sym\">what<\/a> I command you<\/i>.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote60sym\" name=\"sdfootnote60anc\"><sup>60<\/sup><\/a> And finally: <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/asp.html#aspazou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fi.html#filous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>, <i>Greet the friends<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1fbf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#onoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>, <i>each by name<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ESV translators chose to translate <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/kat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1fbf<\/a> followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#onoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/nouns1.htm#ACCUSATIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusative case<\/a> distributively: <i>each by<\/i>. I wonder, in keeping with the idea of coded communication, if the phrase should be understood more relationally: \u201cin regard to reputation\u201d (<em>reputation<\/em> is another possible translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/on.html#onoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>). <i><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2024\/08\/21\/christ-centered-preaching-chapter-4-part-3\/#sdfootnote70sym\">Thus<\/a> you will recognize them by their fruits<\/i>,<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#sdfootnote61sym\" name=\"sdfootnote61anc\"><sup>61<\/sup><\/a> Jesus said (<i>e.g.<\/i>, recognize those <i>friends<\/i> because they do what Jesus&#8217; commanded). In other words, are their fruits the fruit of the Spirit? Or are they \u201cnourished by Zeus\u201d? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_Tablea\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A table of the occurrences of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> in John&#8217;s writings in the New Testament follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/autou_846.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Examples<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#auths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> in the writings of John in the New Testament<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Reference<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ESV<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 4:27<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, \u201cWhat do you seek?\u201d or, \u201cWhy are you talking with <b>her<\/b>?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u1ff3 \u1f26\u03bb\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b8\u03b1\u03cd\u03bc\u03b1\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03ac\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u00b7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u00b7 \u03c4\u03af \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f22 \u03c4\u03af \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 4:28<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So the woman left <b>her<\/b> water jar and went away into town and said to the people<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f00\u03c6\u1fc6\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f51\u03b4\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and <b>her<\/b> sister Martha.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f2e\u03bd \u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd, \u039b\u03ac\u03b6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u0392\u03b7\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2, \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03ce\u03bc\u03b7\u03c2 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u039c\u03ac\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1fc6\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with <b>her<\/b> hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f26\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u1f70\u03bc \u1f21 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03c8\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bc\u03ac\u03be\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03cc\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c1\u03b9\u03be\u1f76\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u1f27\u03c2 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1f78\u03c2 \u039b\u03ac\u03b6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f20\u03c3\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But when Jesus heard it he said, \u201cThis illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through <b>it<\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u00b7 \u03b1\u1f55\u03c4\u03b7 \u1f21 \u1f00\u03c3\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b8\u03ac\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u1fc7 \u1f41 \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03b9\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now Jesus loved Martha and <b>her<\/b> sister and Lazarus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f20\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b1 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u039c\u03ac\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1f74\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u039b\u03ac\u03b6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:28<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When she had said this, she went and called <b>her<\/b> sister Mary, saying in private, \u201cThe Teacher is here and is calling for you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f00\u03c0\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c6\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u1f70\u03bc \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1f74\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03bb\u03ac\u03b8\u03c1\u1fb3 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u00b7 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03ac\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03c3\u03b5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 11:31<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When the Jews who were with <b>her<\/b> in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u1f31 \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03af\u1fb3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03c5\u03b8\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd, \u1f30\u03b4\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u1f70\u03bc \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u03c7\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd, \u1f20\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u03ac\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03cd\u03c3\u1fc3 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 12:3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with <b>her<\/b> hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f29 \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u1f70\u03bc \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bd\u03ac\u03c1\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03c4\u03af\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f24\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03cc\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03ad\u03bc\u03b1\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c1\u03b9\u03be\u1f76\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03cc\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u00b7 \u1f21 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03af\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03ce\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f40\u03c3\u03bc\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John 16:21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because <b>her<\/b> hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03c4\u1fc3 \u03bb\u03cd\u03c0\u03b7\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f26\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u1f21 \u1f65\u03c1\u03b1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>\u00b7 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03af\u03bf\u03bd, \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70\u03bd \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03bd\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 John 1:1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The elder to the elect lady and <b>her<\/b> children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f49 \u03c0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b2\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u1fb3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u03bf\u1f53\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u1ff6 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f10\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth <b>itself<\/b>. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u1ff3 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03cd\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u00b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03ae\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 2:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from <b>its<\/b> place, unless you repent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03b5 \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u03c1\u1ff6\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03af\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u00b7 \u03b5\u1f30 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03bc\u03ae, \u1f14\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03af \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03bb\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 2:21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of <b>her<\/b> sexual immorality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03b4\u03c9\u03ba\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03b8\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 2:22<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with <b>her<\/b> I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of <b>her<\/b> works,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03b2\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bb\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b8\u03bb\u1fd6\u03c8\u03b9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd, \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 2:23<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and I will strike <b>her<\/b> children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03b1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u1ff6 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03c4\u1ff3. \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03b3\u03ce \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9 \u1f41 \u1f10\u03c1\u03b1\u03c5\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bd\u03b5\u03c6\u03c1\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03ce\u03c3\u03c9 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f11\u03ba\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 6:13<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and lthe stars of the sky fell to the earth mas the fig tree sheds <b>its<\/b> winter fruit when shaken by a gale.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd, \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03ba\u1fc6 \u03b2\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f40\u03bb\u03cd\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u1f00\u03bd\u03ad\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 8:12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03c4\u03ad\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03ac\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd\u00b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bb\u03ae\u03b3\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u1fc7 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c6\u03ac\u03bd\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> (KJV: and the day shone not for a third part of <b>it<\/b>) \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03bd\u1f7a\u03be \u1f41\u03bc\u03bf\u03af\u03c9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under <b>her<\/b> feet, and on <b>her<\/b> head a crown of twelve stars.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1 \u1f64\u03c6\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u1ff7, \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f25\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03bd\u03b7 \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1ff6\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03ce\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore <b>her<\/b> child he might devour it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u1f70 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03cd\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd. \u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u1f15\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd\u03ce\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03ac\u03b3\u1fc3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but <b>her<\/b> child was caught up to God and to his throne,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03bd \u1f04\u03c1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd, \u1f43\u03c2 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u1f10\u03bd \u1fe5\u03ac\u03b2\u03b4\u1ff3 \u03c3\u03b9\u03b4\u03b7\u03c1\u1fb7. \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21\u03c1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:14<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b4\u03cc\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03b4\u03cd\u03bf \u03c0\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f14\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, (KJV: into <b>her<\/b> place) \u1f45\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f25\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f44\u03c6\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:16<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened <b>its<\/b> mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b2\u03bf\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f21 \u03b3\u1fc6 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f24\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u1f21 \u03b3\u1fc6 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03c0\u03b9\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u1f43\u03bd \u1f14\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03bd \u1f41 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 12:17<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of <b>her<\/b> offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f60\u03c1\u03b3\u03af\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f41 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c0\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03c0\u03ad\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c7\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 14:8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another angel, a second, followed, saying, \u201cFallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of <b>her<\/b> sexual immorality.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f20\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u00b7 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u0392\u03b1\u03b2\u03c5\u03bb\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7 \u1f23 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f34\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 14:18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, \u201cPut in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for <b>its<\/b> grapes are ripe.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 [\u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd] \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 [\u1f41] \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c6\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1fc7 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f40\u03be\u1f7a \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u00b7 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bc\u03c8\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f40\u03be\u1f7a \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03c1\u03cd\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b2\u03cc\u03c4\u03c1\u03c5\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c0\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f24\u03ba\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u1f76 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 16:21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c7\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03b6\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b2\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c6\u03ae\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u03b6\u03b7\u03c2, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f76\u03bd \u1f21 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b3\u1f74 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> (KJV: for the plague <b>thereof<\/b>) \u03c3\u03c6\u03cc\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 17:2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u2019 \u1f27\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03cd\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f34\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 <\/b>(KJV: with the wine of <b>her<\/b> fornication)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 17:4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in <b>her<\/b> hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of <b>her<\/b> sexual immorality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u1f26\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03c6\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03cc\u03ba\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u1ff3 \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03af\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2, \u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f76 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03b3\u03ad\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u03b2\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c5\u03b3\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03ba\u03ac\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 17:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And on <b>her<\/b> forehead was written a name of mystery: \u201cBabylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth\u2019s abominations.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b5\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd, \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd, \u0392\u03b1\u03b2\u03c5\u03bb\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7, \u1f21 \u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b2\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c5\u03b3\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 17:16<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour <b>her<\/b> flesh and burn her up with fire,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03b4\u03ad\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ba\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f03 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f57\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f20\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c6\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03cd\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03af<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of <b>her<\/b> sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with <b>her<\/b>, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of <b>her<\/b> luxurious living.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f34\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c0\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f14\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03ae\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, \u201cCome out <b>of her<\/b>, my people, lest you take part in <b>her<\/b> sins, lest you share in <b>her<\/b> plagues;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f24\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u00b7 \u1f10\u03be\u03ad\u03bb\u03b8\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f41 \u03bb\u03b1\u03cc\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03be <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b3\u1ff6\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bb\u03ac\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">for <b>her<\/b> sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered <b>her<\/b> iniquities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f04\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for <b>her<\/b> deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f00\u03c0\u03cc\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74 \u1f00\u03c0\u03ad\u03b4\u03c9\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03b9\u03c0\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03b4\u03b9\u03c0\u03bb\u1fb6 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u1ff3 \u1fa7 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in <b>her<\/b> heart she says, \u2018I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f45\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd, \u03c4\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b4\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2. \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u1fb3 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c7\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For this reason <b>her<\/b> plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u03b9\u1fb7 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u1fb3 \u1f25\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f31 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b3\u03b1\u1f76 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u03b8\u03ac\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03b9\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f30\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with <b>her<\/b>, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of <b>her<\/b> burning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03cd\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03cc\u03c8\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b2\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03bd\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">They will stand far off, in fear of <b>her<\/b> torment, and say, \u201cAlas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03cc\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u1f11\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2\u00b7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b1\u03af, \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7, \u0392\u03b1\u03b2\u03c5\u03bb\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f21 \u1f30\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03c1\u03ac, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u1fb7 \u1f65\u03c1\u1fb3 \u1f26\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u1f21 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:15<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from <b>her<\/b>, will stand far off, in fear of <b>her<\/b> torment, weeping and mourning aloud,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039f\u1f31 \u1f14\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u2019 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03cc\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and cried out as they saw the smoke of <b>her<\/b> burning, \u201cWhat city was like the great city?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd \u03b2\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03bd\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2\u00b7 \u03c4\u03af\u03c2 \u1f41\u03bc\u03bf\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1fc3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:19<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, \u201cAlas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by <b>her<\/b> wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03c7\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2\u00b7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b1\u03af, \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7, \u1f10\u03bd \u1f97 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u1fd6\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u03c3\u03c3\u1fc3 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u1fb7 \u1f65\u03c1\u1fb3 \u1f20\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03ce\u03b8\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 18:20<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against <b>her<\/b>!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u0395\u1f50\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7, \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f00\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f14\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03be <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 19:2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with <b>her<\/b> immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03af\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u00b7 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f14\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u1f25\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c6\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03b4\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b1\u1f37\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b4\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 <\/b>(KJV: at <b>her<\/b> hand)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 19:3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Once more they cried out, \u201cHallelujah! The smoke <b>from her<\/b> goes up forever and ever.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f34\u03c1\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u00b7 \u1f01\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03ca\u03ac\u00b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f30\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u03ce\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for <b>her<\/b> husband.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f38\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03bc \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u1f61\u03c2 \u03bd\u03cd\u03bc\u03c6\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03ba\u03bf\u03c3\u03bc\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u1f76 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:11<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">having the glory of God, <b>its<\/b> radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6, \u1f41 \u03c6\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f45\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u1ff3 \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03c9\u03c4\u03ac\u03c4\u1ff3 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u1ff3 \u1f30\u03ac\u03c3\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:15<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and <b>its<\/b> gates and walls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c7\u03b5\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ae\u03c3\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 <\/b>(KJV: and the wall <b>thereof<\/b>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:16<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The city lies foursquare, <b>its<\/b> length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. <b>Its<\/b> length and width and height are equal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ac\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u1fc6\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f45\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd [\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76] \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2. \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u03bc\u1ff3 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b4\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03ce\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1 \u03c7\u03b9\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd, \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u1fc6\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f55\u03c8\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f34\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:17<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">He also measured <b>its<\/b> wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel\u2019s measurement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f11\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b7\u03c7\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5, \u1f45 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03ce\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> (KJV: And the building of the wall <b>of it<\/b>) \u1f34\u03b1\u03c3\u03c0\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u1f45\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f51\u03ac\u03bb\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u1ff7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:22<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And I saw no temple in the city, for <b>its<\/b> temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u03b1\u1f78\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7, \u1f41 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03c1 \u03bd\u03b1\u1f78\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f00\u03c1\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:23<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and <b>its<\/b> lamp is the Lamb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f21\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c6\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7, \u1f21 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c6\u03ce\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03bb\u03cd\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f00\u03c1\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:24<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By <b>its<\/b> light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b>, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 21:25<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and <b>its<\/b> gates will never be shut by day\u2014and there will be no night there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03c5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2, \u03bd\u1f7a\u03be \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 22:2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f10\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03c3\u1ff3 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 <b>\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/b> (KJV: In the midst of the street <b>of it<\/b>) \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03be\u03cd\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03b6\u03c9\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b4\u03ce\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1, \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f15\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c6\u03cd\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03be\u03cd\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tables comparing <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table1\">2 John 1:3<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table2\">Revelation 17:13<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table3\">1 Peter 2:5<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table4\">3 John 1:5<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table5\">1:7, 8<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table6\">2 Corinthians 12:14<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table7\">12:16<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table8\">12:18<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table9\">3 John 1:9<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table10\">Colossians 1:16<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table11\">3 John 1:11<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table12\">1:12<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table13\">1 John 1:4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/18\/3-john\/#_Table14\">3 John 1:13<\/a> in the KJV and NET follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table1\"><\/a>2 John 1:3 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 John 1:3 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+John+1:3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 John 1:3 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/63\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 John 1:3 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/63\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 John 1:3 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u1fbf \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u1fc3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b8 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ku.html#kuriou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5<\/a><\/b> \u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b8 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 <b>\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5<\/b> \u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table2\"><\/a>Revelation 17:13 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Revelation 17:13 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These kings have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Revelation+17:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelation 17:13 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelation 17:13 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelation 17:13 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u1f57\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#autwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/did.html#didoasin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u1f79\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ea.html#eautwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/diad.html#diadidwsousin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b>\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/b> \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table3\"><\/a>1 Peter 2:5 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1 Peter 2:5 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Peter+2:5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Peter 2:5 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/60\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Peter 2:5 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/60\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Peter 2:5 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b8\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b6\u1ff6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03bf\u1f36\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f78\u03c2 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u1f31\u03b5\u03c1\u1f71\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u1f73\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u1f73\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 [\u03c4\u1ff7] \u03b8\u03b5\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c9\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b9\u03b8\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b6\u03c9\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b8\u03b5\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c9\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b9\u03b8\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b6\u03c9\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b8\u03b5\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table4\"><\/a>3 John 1:5 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:5 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:5 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:5 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:5 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f08\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73, \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f43 \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u1f71\u03c3\u1fc3 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a><\/b> \u03be\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf \u03b5\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u03be\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf \u03b5\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b>\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/b> \u03be\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table5\"><\/a>3 John 1:7, 8 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:7, 8 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For they have gone forth on behalf of \u201cThe Name,\u201d accepting nothing from the pagans.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because that for his name&#8217;s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:7 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:7 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:7 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f40\u03bd\u1f79\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c5\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03be\u03b7\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c5\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03be\u03b7\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Therefore we ought to support such people so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:8 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:8 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:8 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upol.html#upolambanein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u1f76 \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/apola.html#apolambanein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table6\"><\/a>2 Corinthians 12:14 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 Corinthians 12:14 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:14 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:14 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:14 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f38\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a><\/b> \u1f11\u03c4\u03bf\u1f77\u03bc\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u1f75\u03c3\u03c9\u0387 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff6 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2. \u03bf\u1f50 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a><\/b> \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c7\u03c9 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03c9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/um.html#umwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c5\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c5\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a><\/b> \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> \u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c7\u03c9 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03c9 <b>\u03c5\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd<\/b> \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c5\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table7\"><\/a>2 Corinthians 12:16 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 Corinthians 12:16 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:16 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:16 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:16 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f1c\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u03b4\u1f73, \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u03bf\u1f50 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03b2\u1f71\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2\u0387 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a><\/b> \u1f51\u03c0\u1f71\u03c1\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f79\u03bb\u1ff3 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b3\u03c9 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> \u03c5\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03bf\u03bb\u03c9 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b3\u03c9 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03c5\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03bf\u03bb\u03c9 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table8\"><\/a>2 Corinthians 12:18 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 Corinthians 12:18 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:18 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:18 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 12:18 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03ba\u1f71\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03a4\u1f77\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u1f79\u03bd\u0387 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mhti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f75\u03c4\u03b9<\/a><\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd\u1f73\u03ba\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03a4\u1f77\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2\u037e \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u037e \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f34\u03c7\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ti.html#ti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> \u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b9\u03c7\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03bb\u03c6\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b9\u03c7\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table9\"><\/a>3 John 1:9 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:9 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:9 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:9 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:9 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f1c\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ti.html#ti2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b9<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u1fb3\u0387 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1fbf \u1f41 \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u1f73\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b5\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c6\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table10\"><\/a>Colossians 1:16 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Colossians 1:16 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him\u2014all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers\u2014all things were created through him and for him.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Colossians+1:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossians 1:16 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossians 1:16 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossians 1:16 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c4\u1f77\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2, \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f41\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u1f79\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1, \u03b5\u1f34\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b8\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f34\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f34\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f34\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9\u0387 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f14\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9 \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 <b>\u03c4\u03b1<\/b> \u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ta.html#ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b1<\/a><\/b> \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03bf\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9 \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 <b>\u03c4\u03b1<\/b> \u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <b>\u03c4\u03b1<\/b> \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table11\"><\/a>3 John 1:11 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:11 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: <b>but<\/b> he that doeth evil hath not seen God.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:11 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:11 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:11 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u1f08\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73, \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f79\u03bd. \u1f41 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u0387 \u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03c7 \u1f11\u1f7d\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u1f79\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03bf <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/de.html#de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd \u03bf\u03c5\u03c7 \u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03ba \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd \u03bf\u03c5\u03c7 \u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table12\"><\/a>3 John 1:12 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:12 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">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.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:12 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:12 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:12 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2\u0387 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oidas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a><\/b> \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f21 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1 \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u1f75\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c5\u03c0 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u03bf\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c5\u03c0 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 \u03bf\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table13\"><\/a>1 John 1:4 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1 John 1:4 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+John+1:4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 John 1:4 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/62\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 John 1:4 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/62\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 John 1:4 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmeis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a><\/b>, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f21 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f96 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/um.html#umin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> \u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b7 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b7\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b7 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a id=\"_Table14\"><\/a>3 John 1:13 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 John 1:13 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:13 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:13 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John 1:13 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#soi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9<\/a><\/b> \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1fbf \u03bf\u1f50 \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f71\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 <b><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/07\/06\/3-john-part-2\/\"><em>3 John, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/08\/09\/justice-and-mercy-revisited-part-2\/\">Back to <em>Justice and Mercy Revisited, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/09\/01\/3-john-part-3\/\">Back to <em>3 John, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/09\/14\/3-john-part-4\/\">Back to <em>3 John, Part 4<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/10\/19\/3-john-part-6\/\">Back to <em>3 John, Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/11\/11\/3-john-part-7\/\">Back to <em>3 John, Part 7<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/11\/23\/3-john-part-8\/\">Back to <em>3 John, Part 8<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote1\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote1anc\" name=\"sdfootnote1sym\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/63\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/63\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ku.html#kuriou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> (KJV: <i>the Lord<\/i>) preceding <i>Jesus<\/i>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+John+1:3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote2\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote2anc\" name=\"sdfootnote2sym\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> 2 John 1:2b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote3\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote3anc\" name=\"sdfootnote3sym\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a> 2 John 1:2b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote4\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote4anc\" name=\"sdfootnote4sym\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a> This is a participle of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gi.html#ginwskw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9<\/a> (all the truth knowing or truth knowers).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote5\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote5anc\" name=\"sdfootnote5sym\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a> 3 John 1:1b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote6\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote6anc\" name=\"sdfootnote6sym\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 4:29 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote7\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote7anc\" name=\"sdfootnote7sym\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a> Luke 23:35 (ESV) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/09\/20\/atonement-part-7\/#_Table5\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote8\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote8anc\" name=\"sdfootnote8sym\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a> Titus 1:1-3 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote9\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote9anc\" name=\"sdfootnote9sym\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/a> Colossians 3:12-17 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote10\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote10anc\" name=\"sdfootnote10sym\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Revelation+17:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/REV.17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/did.html#didoasin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u1f79\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> here, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/did.html#didwmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03af\u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/diad.html#diadidwsousin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: <i>shall give<\/i>), a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/diad.html#diadidwmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03af\u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote11\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote11anc\" name=\"sdfootnote11sym\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Revelation+17:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/REV.17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/aut.html#autwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had the reflexive pronoun <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ea.html#eautwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote12\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote12anc\" name=\"sdfootnote12sym\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/66\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had the article <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/th.html#thn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> preceding <i>authority<\/i> (KJV: <i>strength<\/i>). The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Revelation+17:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/REV.17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote13\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote13anc\" name=\"sdfootnote13sym\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a> Revelation 17:13, 14 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote14\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote14anc\" name=\"sdfootnote14sym\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Peter+2:5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/1PE.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2<\/a> (literally: \u201cinto\u201d) here. The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/60\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/60\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote15\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote15anc\" name=\"sdfootnote15sym\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/a> 1 Peter 2:4, 5 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote16\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote16anc\" name=\"sdfootnote16sym\"><sup>16<\/sup><\/a> 1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote17\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote17anc\" name=\"sdfootnote17sym\"><sup>17<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cStrong&#8217;s Lexicon\/Usage:\u201d in the entry <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/1050.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1050. Gaios<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote18\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote18anc\" name=\"sdfootnote18sym\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/a> 3 John 1:2-4 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote19\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote19anc\" name=\"sdfootnote19sym\"><sup>19<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote20\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote20anc\" name=\"sdfootnote20sym\"><sup>20<\/sup><\/a> <i>Ibid<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote21\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote21anc\" name=\"sdfootnote21sym\"><sup>21<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote22\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote22anc\" name=\"sdfootnote22sym\"><sup>22<\/sup><\/a> <i>Ibid<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote23\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote23anc\" name=\"sdfootnote23sym\"><sup>23<\/sup><\/a> Acts 1:8 (ESV) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/30\/the-holy-spirit-is-the-epaggelia-%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1-of-the-father\/#_Table2\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote24\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote24anc\" name=\"sdfootnote24sym\"><sup>24<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:16 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote25\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote25anc\" name=\"sdfootnote25sym\"><sup>25<\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2025\/04\/03\/exploration-part-10\/#_flesh\"><i>Exploration, Part 10<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote26\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote26anc\" name=\"sdfootnote26sym\"><sup>26<\/sup><\/a> Mark 14:36b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote27\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote27anc\" name=\"sdfootnote27sym\"><sup>27<\/sup><\/a> Mark 14:36c (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote28\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote28anc\" name=\"sdfootnote28sym\"><sup>28<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eis.html#eis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> (KJV: <i>to<\/i>) and the plural article <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#tous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a> preceding <i>strangers<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote29\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote29anc\" name=\"sdfootnote29sym\"><sup>29<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had the adjective <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> here, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnikos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03b8\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had the noun <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eq.html#eqnos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote30\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote30anc\" name=\"sdfootnote30sym\"><sup>30<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upol.html#upolambanein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> here, an infinitive form of the verb <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/upol.html#upolambanw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/apola.html#apolambanein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: <i>to receive<\/i>), an infinitive form of the verb <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/apola.html#apolambanw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote31\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote31anc\" name=\"sdfootnote31sym\"><sup>31<\/sup><\/a> 3 John 1:3 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote32\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote32anc\" name=\"sdfootnote32sym\"><sup>32<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/hashem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Hashem? A name for God that simply means &#8216;the Name.&#8217;<\/a>\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Jewish Learning<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote33\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote33anc\" name=\"sdfootnote33sym\"><sup>33<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2CO.12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/to.html#touto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> (literally, \u201cthis\u201d) here. The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote34\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote34anc\" name=\"sdfootnote34sym\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2CO.12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote35\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote35anc\" name=\"sdfootnote35sym\"><sup>35<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2CO.12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote36\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote36anc\" name=\"sdfootnote36sym\"><sup>36<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> at the beginning of this clause, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2CO.12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/all.html#all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote37\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote37anc\" name=\"sdfootnote37sym\"><sup>37<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/2+Corinthians+12:18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/2CO.12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mhti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u1f75\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/47\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/mh.html#mh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bc\u03b7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ti.html#ti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote38\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote38anc\" name=\"sdfootnote38sym\"><sup>38<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote39\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote39anc\" name=\"sdfootnote39sym\"><sup>39<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ti.html#ti2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> here. The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote40\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote40anc\" name=\"sdfootnote40sym\"><sup>40<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote41\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote41anc\" name=\"sdfootnote41sym\"><sup>41<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cStrong&#8217;s Lexicon\u201d in the entry <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/1361.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1361. Diotreph\u00e9s<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote42\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote42anc\" name=\"sdfootnote42sym\"><sup>42<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had the article <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ta.html#ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b1<\/a> preceding <i>in<\/i>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Colossians+1:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/COL.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote43\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote43anc\" name=\"sdfootnote43sym\"><sup>43<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had the article <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/ta.html#ta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c4\u03b1<\/a> preceding <i>on<\/i>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Colossians+1:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/COL.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote44\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote44anc\" name=\"sdfootnote44sym\"><sup>44<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Colossians+1:20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/COL.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/en.html#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/51\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/epi.html#epi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote45\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote45anc\" name=\"sdfootnote45sym\"><sup>45<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/de.html#de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b4\u03b5<\/a> (KJV: <i>but<\/i>) near the beginning of this clause. The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority<\/a> Text did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote46\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote46anc\" name=\"sdfootnote46sym\"><sup>46<\/sup><\/a> 3 John 1:11 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote47\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote47anc\" name=\"sdfootnote47sym\"><sup>47<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had the singular verb <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oidas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority<\/a> Text had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/oi.html#oidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03bf\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> (KJV: <i>ye know<\/i>), a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> person plural form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/eid.html#eidw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote48\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote48anc\" name=\"sdfootnote48sym\"><sup>48<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote49\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote49anc\" name=\"sdfootnote49sym\"><sup>49<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cStrong&#8217;s Lexicon\u201d in the entry <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/1216.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1216. D\u00e9m\u00e9trios<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote50\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote50anc\" name=\"sdfootnote50sym\"><sup>50<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cStrong&#8217;s Lexicon\u201d in the entry <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/1216.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1216. D\u00e9m\u00e9trios<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote51\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote51anc\" name=\"sdfootnote51sym\"><sup>51<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 4:22b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote52\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote52anc\" name=\"sdfootnote52sym\"><sup>52<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 4:24b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote53\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote53anc\" name=\"sdfootnote53sym\"><sup>53<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+John+1:4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/1JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/hm.html#hmeis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a> following <i>are writing<\/i>, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/62\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/62\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/um.html#umin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: <i>unto you<\/i>) following <i>write we<\/i> (KJV).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote54\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote54anc\" name=\"sdfootnote54sym\"><sup>54<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/so.html#soi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9<\/a> here; <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> is an infinitive form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#TENSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aorist tense<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had simply <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, an infinitive form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#TENSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">present tense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote55\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote55anc\" name=\"sdfootnote55sym\"><sup>55<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/3+John+1:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-bibel.de\/en\/bible\/NA28\/3JN.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, an infinitive form of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grafw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#TENSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">present tense<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/64\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/gr.html#grayai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#TENSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aorist tense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote56\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote56anc\" name=\"sdfootnote56sym\"><sup>56<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cStrong&#8217;s Lexicon\u201d in the entry <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/greek\/3189.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3189. melas<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote57\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote57anc\" name=\"sdfootnote57sym\"><sup>57<\/sup><\/a> The Greek word <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/elp.html#elpizw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>: \u201cDoes not mean &#8216;to hope&#8217; in the sense of &#8216;longing for&#8217; or &#8216;wishing&#8217;; but of &#8216;confident assurance&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote58\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote58anc\" name=\"sdfootnote58sym\"><sup>58<\/sup><\/a> From \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/3-john-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 John \u2013 Following Good Examples<\/a>,\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/about\/david-guzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Guzik<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enduring Word<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote59\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote59anc\" name=\"sdfootnote59sym\"><sup>59<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:22a (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote60\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote60anc\" name=\"sdfootnote60sym\"><sup>60<\/sup><\/a> John 15:14 (ESV) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/11\/21\/the-soul\/#_Table2\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote61\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote61anc\" name=\"sdfootnote61sym\"><sup>61<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 7:20 (ESV) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2024\/08\/21\/christ-centered-preaching-chapter-4-part-3\/#_Table27\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are my notes on the book I chose for the preaching class I&#8217;m taking (3 John 1:1-4 ESV). 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