3 John 1:6 (LSB)

Passage

and they bore witness to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Nearby Context

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

3 John 1:5 Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever work you do for the brothers, and are doing this though they are strangers;

3 John 1:6 and they bore witness to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

3 John 1:7 For they went out for the sake of the Name, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bore", "witness", "love", "before", "church", "well", "send", and "manner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bore" and "witness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Beloved you are acting faithfully in whatever..." into verse 7's "For they went out for the sake...", so "bore" 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 "bore" and "witness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.