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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 3 John 1:1-14

3 John 1:12 . Commendation of Demetrius.— He was probably the bearer of this letter and one of the evangelists. The name was so common that any identification with the Demetrius of Acts 19:24 is improbable. 3 John 1:13-2 Chronicles : . Conclusion.— The writer adds no more because he hopes soon to visit Gaius. He sends greetings from himself and others. 3 John 1:14 . the friends: this is almost a technical expression denoting an inner circle in the churches to which the writer and Gaius... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 3 John 1:9-11

3 John 1:9-1 Kings : . Diotrephes and his Evil Doings.— This leading official in the church of which Gaius was a member is denounced because of his ambition, and his inhospitable treatment of “ the elder” and his friends. 3 John 1:9 a . See Introduction. Diotrephes: his name (“ nourished of Zeus” ) suggests heathen birth. He appears to have been the leading official of his church; beyond this nothing is known of him. 3 John 1:10 . casteth . . . church: i.e. expelled them from membership.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 3 John 1:9-10

I wrote unto the church; this was probably some church of which Gaius was. Diotrephes, one who had received or usurped some office or authority in it, to so ill a purpose, as when he had no inclination to be hospitable himself to fellow Christians, prevented others from being so; and upon pretence of the little differences of these Jewish from the Gentile Christians, excluded them their communion. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 3 John 1:5-14

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES3 John 1:5. Faithfully.—Not impulsively, not selfishly, but with a due sense of duty and obligation, and with an earnest care to do well. Perhaps the precise meaning is “Christianly,” in a manner true to thy Christian profession and character. R.V. “Thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest.” Westcott: “Thou makest sure whatsoever thou workest,” i.e. “Such an act will not be lost, will not fail of its due issue and reward.” To strangers.—Precisely, “to the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 3 John 1:1-14

-3 JohnSo the third epistle of John is now again, John addresses himself asThe elder [the presbyturos] unto the wellbeloved Gaius ( 3 John 1:1 ),Probably not the Gaius mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Corinthians where he was in Corinth, and it would appear that these letters were written to those in the area of Ephesus.whom I love in the truth. Beloved ( 3 John 1:1-2 ),And he's talking to Gaius.I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth ( 3... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 3 John 1:9-11

3 John 1:9-11Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence.DiotrephesBesides the light which this brief Epistle casts on the state of the Christian Church toward the close of the first century, it presents us with “the portraits in little” of three remarkable men--Demetrius, Diotrephes, and Gaius. We are to study a man of a very inferior stamp--the vain, irritable, and loquacious Diotrephes, whose religion seems to have been quite compatible with a slippery morality. What exactly it was at... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 3 John 1:9

9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. Ver. 9. I wrote unto the church ] sc. Of Corinth, where Paul baptized Gaius, and where Diotrephes seems to have been a great sect-master, and chief of those deceitful workers that there so much disparaged Paul. Diotrephes, who loveth, &c. ] Ambition is like the crocodile, which groweth as long as it liveth. What stirs made proud Paulus Samosatenus in the primitive Church! What... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 3 John 1:9

who loveth:  ציכןנסשפוץשם "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. Matthew 20:20-Hosea :, Matthew 23:4-Ruth :, Mark 9:34, Mark 10:35-Romans :, Luke 22:24-Daniel :, Romans 12:10, Philippians 2:3-Deuteronomy :, Titus 1:7-Nehemiah : receiveth: 3 John 1:8, Matthew 10:40-Luke :, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48 Reciprocal:... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 3 John 1:9

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.I wrote to the church — Probably that to which they came.But Diotrephes — Perhaps the pastor of it.Who loveth to have the preeminence among them — To govern all things according to his own will.Receiveth us not — Neither them nor me. So did the mystery of iniquity already work! read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 3 John 1:9

9. I wrote Perhaps in a letter sent by these missionaries on their first tour. The church Of the city where Gaius resided. The letter doubtless commended the missionaries to the entire Church, but met with rejection from Diotrephes. We suppose that in a full sense the word church included the entire body of Christians in the city. Yet it consisted of separate congregations, each perhaps under its own elder or pastor, and each would be called a church. The period of great church... read more