3 John 1:4

John says nothing gives him greater joy than hearing his spiritual children walk in the truth. The faithfulness of those we have nurtured in Christ is a deep source of joy.

Cross-references · 14

• Gal 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
• Prov 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
• 2 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Kgs 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Gal 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
• 1 Kgs 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
• John 12:35–36Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
• 1 Kgs 3:6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
• Phlm 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
• Ps 26:1–3Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
• Isa 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
• 1 Cor 4:14–15I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
• Isa 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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