TheoMaps

3 John

Outline of 3 John: Become a partner in the truth

Support faithful workers who go out for the Name, imitate what is good and resist the self-promoting exclusion that obstructs the truth.

4 movements1 chapter5 sections

Help the truth advance 1

Continue faithful hospitality, reject selfish exclusion and follow good examples.

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    3 John 1: Welcome workers for the truth

    Support faithful messengers, reject self-serving exclusion and imitate the good that agrees with the truth.

    Joy in a faithful walk 1:1–4 · Fellow workers through hospitality 1:5–8 · Ambition that shuts others out 1:9–10 · Imitate what is good 1:11–12 · Peace and personal greetings 1:13–14

Gaius and faithful hospitality 1:1–8

The elder rejoices in Gaius's walk and urges continued support for workers sent for the Name.

Diotrephes and obstructive ambition 1:9–10

The elder exposes slander, rejected instruction and exclusion of faithful hosts.

A good example to follow 1:11–12

Imitate good; Demetrius has testimony consistent with the truth.

Peace and personal fellowship 1:13–14

The elder hopes to meet soon and sends greetings to each friend.

Plus What TheoMaps holds for the outline of 3 John

  • The 5 section notes, one for every section of 3 John
  • How each of its 4 movements leads into the next, in its own words
  • The shape of 3 John: 2 repeated words and phrases

TheoMaps Plus opens the Outline of every book the way Genesis is open, on the map.

Written and reviewed by AJ Reyes. Reviewed . How we write the notes

Sources for these notes (3)
  • The Reformation Study Bible (ESV), ed. R. C. Sproul
  • The Letters of John: An Introduction and Commentary, John R. W. Stott, TNTC 19
  • 3 John, Ray Van Neste, TGC Bible Commentary