The Ones - Part 4

References:

• John’s letter to Gaius - 3 John vss. 1-15

  • Shortest Book in Bible

    • Counting Greek or Hebrew words, not English translation

      • 3 John - 219 words

      • 2 John - 245 words

      • Philemon - 335 words

      • Obabiah - 440 words

      • Jude - 461 words

    • Similar themes, ie. περιπατέω (per-ee-pat-eh'-o) to walk (vs 3 & 4) in Truth

  • Flip side of coin

    • Where 2 John was about protecting against heresy

    • 3 John is about supporting those who teach truth, not insularly.

• The text

  • vss 1-4 - Greeting

    • Gaius

  • vss 5-8 - hospitality

    • συνεργός (soon-er-gos') - fellow laborer, coworker

  • vss 9-10 - the bad example of prideful insularity

    • Diotrephes - bad example

      • Corrective: Heb 13:1-2, the fish

  • vss 11-12 - encouragement for openheartedness for the whole Body of Christ

    • Demetrius - good example

  • vss 13-15 - conclusion