Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
T H I R D J O H N.
CHAP. I.
In this epistle the apostle congratulates Gaius upon the prosperity of his soul 3 John 1:1 ; 3 John 1:2 ), upon the fame he had among good Christians 3 John 1:3 ; 3 John 1:4 ), and upon his charity and hospitality to the servants of Christ, 3 John 1:5 ; 3 John 1:6 . He complains of contemptuous treatment by an ambitious Diotrephes, 3 John 1:9 ; 3 John 1:10 ), recommends Demetrius, 3 John 1:12 ), and expresses his hope of visiting Gaius shortly, 3 John 1:13 ; 3 John 1:14 .
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
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EXPOSITION,
W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,
OF THE THIRD EPISTLE OF
J O H N.
C HRISTIAN communion is exerted and cherished by letter. Christians are to be commended in the practical proof of their professed subjection to the gospel of Christ. The animating and countenancing of generous and public-spirited persons is doing good to many--to this end the apostle sends this encouraging epistle to his friend Gaius, in which also he complains of the quite opposite spirit and practice of a certain minister, and confirms the good report concerning another more worthy to be imitated.
