3 John 1:7 (GNV)

Passage

Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.

Nearby Context

3 John 1:5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,

3 John 1:6 Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,

3 John 1:7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.

3 John 1:9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "names", "sake", "went", "forth", "tooke", "nothing", and "gentiles". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "names" and "sake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Which bare witnesse of thy loue before..." into verse 8's "We therefore ought to receiue such that...", so "names" and "sake" 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 "names" and "sake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.