3 John 1:6 (YLT)

Passage

who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

Nearby Context

3 John 1:4 greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

3 John 1:5 Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,

3 John 1:6 who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

3 John 1:7 because for <FI>His<Fi> name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

3 John 1:8 we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "testify", "love", "before", "assembly", "thou", "wilt", "well", and "having". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "testify" and "love", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Beloved faithfully dost thou do whatever thou..." into verse 7's "because for FI His Fi name they...", so "testify" and "love" 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 "testify" and "love" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.