A. D. 90. A. M. 4094.
elder. 2Jo 1:1;
the well-beloved. Ac 19:29; 20:4; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14;
wish. or, pray. above. Jas 5:12; 1Pe 4:8;
even. ver. 3-6; Col 1:4-6; 1Th 1:3-10; 2:13,14,19,20; 3:6-9; 2Th 1:3; 2:13; Phm 1:5-7; 2Pe 1:3-9; 3:18; Re 2:9;
I. ver. 4; 2Jo 1:4; Php 1:4; 1Th 2:19,20;
when. Ro 1:8,9; 2Co 7:6,7; Eph 1:15,16; Col 1:7,8; 1Th 3:6-9;
the truth. 2Jo 1:2,4; Ps 119:11;
have. Pr 23:24;
that. Isa 8:18; 1Co 4:15; Ga 4:19; Phm 1:10;
walk. 1Ki 2:4; 3:6; 2Ki 20:3; Ps 26:1-3; Isa 38:3; Joh 12:35,36; Ga 2:14; Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42; 16:10-12; 2Co 4:1-3; Col 3:17; 1Pe 4:10,11;
have borne witness of thy charity. ver. 12; Phm 1:5-7;
whom. Ac 15:3; 21:5; Ro 15:24; 2Co 1:16; Tit 3:13;
after a godly sort. or, worthy of God. This is a literal and proper rendering of the original [axios g516 tou g5120 theos g2316;] by which the antecedent to the possessive pronoun his, in the next verse, becomes immediately apparent. "In a manner worthy of God, and of your relations and obligations to Him, and such as He can approve." 1Th 2:12;
do well. Ge 4:7; Jon 4:4; Mt 25:21-23; Ac 15:29; Php 4:14; 1Pe 2:20;
that. Ac 8:4; 9:16; 2Co 4:5; Col 1:24; Re 2:3;
taking. 2Ki 5:15,16,20-27; 1Co 9:12-15,18; 2Co 11:7-9; 12:13;
to receive. ver. 10; Mt 10:14,40; Lu 11:7; 2Co 7:2,3;
fellow-helpers. 1Co 3:5-9; 16:10,11; 2Co 6:1; 8:23; Php 4:3; Col 4:11; 1Th 3:2; Phm 1:2,24;
who loveth. [Ho Philoproteuon] "who loveth the presidency," or chief place, doubtless in the church, of which Diotrephes was most probably an officer; and being one, magnified himself in his office: he loved such pre-eminence, and behaved haughtily in it. Mt 20:20-28; 23:4-8; Mr 9:34; 10:35-45; Lu 22:24-27; Ro 12:10; Php 2:3-5; Tit 1:7-16;
receiveth. ver. 8; Mt 10:40-42; Mr 9:37; Lu 9:48;
I will. 1Co 5:1-5; 2Co 10:1-11; 13:2;
and casteth. Isa 66:5; Lu 6:22; Joh 9:22,34,35;
Beloved. Beloved, [agapetos g27,] is in the vocative singular, and therefore refers to Gaius.
follow. Rather, imitate [mimou.] Ex 23:2; Ps 37:27; Pr 12:11; Isa 1:16,17; Joh 10:27; 12:26; 1Co 4:16; 11:1; Eph 5:1; Php 3:17; 1Th 1:6; 2:14; 2Ti 3:10; Heb 6:12; 1Pe 3:13;
He that doeth good. 1Pe 3:11; 1Jo 2:29; 3:6-9;
he that doeth evil. Joh 3:20;
good. Ac 10:22; 22:12; 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 3:7;
and we. Joh 19:35; 21:24; 2Jo 1:12;
face to face. Gr. mouth to mouth. Peace. Ge 43:23; Da 4:1; Ga 5:16; Eph 6:23; 1Pe 5:14;
friends. Instead of [philoi] and [philous,] friends, an appellation used no where else as a mutual address among Christians, several MSS. read [adelphos g80 and [adelphotes g81,] brethren.
Greet. Ro 16:1-16;
$-$-$-