3 John – Day 4 Read 3 John 11-12 Imitate Good John again calls Gaius his dear friend. And he asks his friend to avoid imitating one extreme and embrace another (3 John 11-12). Don’t imitate evil. Imitate good. We don’t know if this is a direct response to Diotrephes’s selfishness, but we can assume […]
3 John – Day 3 Read 3 John 9-10 If Gaius is an example of hospitality and participation in ministry through his time and resources, then Diotrephes is the opposite. Gaius was faithful, loving, and a model for the church. Diotrephes seems to be a church leader, but his motives as a church leader were […]
3 John – Day 2 Read 3 John 5-8 John calls Gaius a dear friend three times in this letter. The second time, John follows by honoring and complimenting Gaius for his faithfulness in caring fellow believers traveling in the area, “even though they are strangers to you” (verse 5). Hospitality in both the Old […]
Introduction This is John’s 3rd letter. All three letters are addressed to churches or to individuals in the churches as is the case in this third letter. This third letter has a different tone to it. There are still problems in the churches, but this is a little different. John is still facing resistance, but […]
Reading Plan for 2 John – Day 5 Read 2 John Again As you read make note of the Apostle John’s encouragement to his readers to “continue in.” It may not seem like much, but he is saying something important here. Final Words about Deceptive Teachers Remember from yesterday that John was warning his […]