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  1  He commends Gaius for his piety,
 5  and hospitality,
 7  to true preachers;
 9  complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on
    the contrary side;
11  whose evil example is not to be followed;
12  and gives special testimony to the good report of Demetrius.

VERSE 1
- A. D. 90.  A. M. 4094.
- elder.  See on
   * 2Jo 1:1
- the well-beloved.
   * Ac 19:29; 20:4 Ro 16:23 1Co 1:14
- whom.
   * 1Jo 3:18
- See on
   * 2Jo 1:1
- in the truth.  or, truly.

VERSE 2 
 - wish.  or, pray.  above.
   * Jas 5:12 1Pe 4:8
- that.
   * Ps 20:1-5 Php 2:4,27
- even.
   * :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

VERSE 3 
 - I.
   * :4
- See on
   * 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.
- See on
   * 2Jo 1:2,4 Ps 119:11

VERSE 4 
 - 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
VERSE 5
    * Mt 24:45 Lu 12:42; 16:10-12 2Co 4:1-3 Col 3:17 1Pe 4:10,11

VERSE 6 
 - have borne witness of thy charity.
   * :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
  <516> tou <5120> theos <2316>;] 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

VERSE 7 
 - 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

VERSE 8 
 - to receive.
   * :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

VERSE 9 
 - 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.  See on ver.
   * :8 Mt 10:40-42 Mr 9:37 Lu 9:48

VERSE 10 
 - I will.
   * 1Co 5:1-5 2Co 10:1-11; 13:2
- prating.
   * Pr 10:8,10
- and casteth.
   * Isa 66:5 Lu 6:22 Joh 9:22,34,35

VERSE 11 
 - Beloved.
  Beloved, [agapetos <27>,] 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 *marg:
   * Heb 6:12 1Pe 3:13
- He that doeth good.
   * 1Pe 3:11
- See on
   * 1Jo 2:29; 3:6-9
- he that doeth evil.
   * Joh 3:20

VERSE 12 
 - good.
   * Ac 10:22; 22:12 1Th 4:12 1Ti 3:7
- and we.
   * Joh 19:35; 21:24

VERSE 13 
 - see on
   * 2Jo 1:12

VERSE 14 
 - face to face.  Gr. mouth to mouth.  Peace.
   * Ge 43:23 Da 4:1 Ga 5:16 Eph 6:23 1Pe 5:14
- Our.
   * Ro 16:10,11 *marg:
- friends.
  Instead of [philoi] and [philous,] friends, an appellation
  used no where else as a mutual address among Christians,
  several MSS. read [adelphos <80> and [adelphotes <81>,]
  brethren.

- Greet.   See on
   * Ro 16:1-16



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