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I haveἔχωnoοὐκgreaterμειζοτέρανjoyχαράνthan this,τούτωνtoἵναhearἀκούωthat myτὰ ἐμὰchildrenτέκναare walkingπεριπατοῦνταinἐνthe truth.τῇ ἀληθείᾳ
3 John 1:4
Study it in the app“I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
With the Greek beneath
3 John 1:4, word by word
- I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- greaterμειζοτέρανmeizoteran
greater
Greater.
Where else “meizoteran” appears- joyχαράνcharan
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charan” appears- hearἀκούωakouō
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akouō” appears- that myἐμὰema
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “ema” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- are walkingπεριπατοῦνταperipatounta
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatounta” appears- the truthἀληθείᾳalētheiai
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheiai” appears
The context
3For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you walk in truth.
4 · This verse (above)
5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, and that for strangers,