3 John 1:7
5 Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
6 They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
9 I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- for det var for hans navns skyld de dro ut, og av hedningene tar de ikke imot noe.
- OTB
- For de dro ut for Navnets skyld, uten å ta imot hjelp fra hedningene.
- B1930
- for det var for hans navns skyld de drog ut, og av hedningene tar de ikke imot noget.
- BSB
- For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
- KJV
- Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
- WEB
- because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
- ASV
- because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
- DARBY
- for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.
- BLB
- For they went out on behalf of the Name, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.
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2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Les i sammenheng2 Kings 5:15–16
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
Les i sammenhengRevelation 2:3
Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 11:7–9
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
Les i sammenhengColossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 12:13
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Les i sammenhengActs 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
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