Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 3 John 1:9

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I wrote — The oldest manuscripts add “something”: a communication, probably, on the subject of receiving the brethren with brotherly love ( :- , :- ). That Epistle was not designed by the Spirit for the universal Church, or else it would have been preserved. unto the church — of which Gaius is a member. loveth ... pre-eminence — through ambition. Evidently occupying a high place in the Church where Gaius was ( :- ). among them — over the members of the Church. receiveth us not — virtually, namely, by not receiving with love the brethren whom we recommended to be received ( :- , :- ; compare :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-3jn-1-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/3jn-1-9

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological