3 John 1:6 (KJV)

Passage

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:

Nearby Context

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

3 John 1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

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:

3 John 1:7 Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "borne", "witness", "charity", "before", "church", "thou", "bring", and "forward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "borne" and "witness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Beloved thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest..." into verse 7's "Because that for his name s sake...", so "borne" and "witness" belong inside that flow. In 3 John context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "borne" and "witness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.