3 John 1:6 (ASV)

Passage

who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

Nearby Context

3 John 1:4 Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

3 John 1:5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

3 John 1:6 who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

3 John 1:7 because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8 We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bare", "witness", "love", "before", "church", "thou", "wilt", and "well". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bare" 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 a faithful work in..." into verse 7's "because that for the sake of the...", so "bare" 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 "bare" and "witness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.