King James Version

3 John 1:6

Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

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οἳhoiWhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.Whichἐμαρτύρησάνemarturēsanhave borne witnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have borne witness”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.have borne witnessσουsouof thyσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “of thy”, the of-formG4771you.of thyτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγάπῃagapēcharityἀγάπηnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “charity”, the to- or for-formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.charityἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeἐκκλησίαςekklēsiaschurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “church”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchοὓςhouswhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomκαλῶςkalōswellκαλῶςadverb — “well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.wellποιήσειςpoiēseisto doποιέω (poieō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to do”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.προπέμψαςpropempsasto help on the wayπροπέμπω (propempō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to help on the way”, a single actionG4311I send forward, accompany, equip for a journey.ἀξίωςaxiōsappropriatelyἀξίωςadverb — “appropriately”G516worthily, in a manner worthy of.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

Young’s Literal Translation

who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

World English Bible

They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

Darby Translation

(who have witnessed of thy love before [the] assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;

Douay-Rheims

Who have given testimony to thy charity in the sight of the church: whom thou shalt do well to bring forward on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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