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3 John 8
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KJ21
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.
ASV
We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.
AMP
So we ought to support such people [welcoming them as guests and providing for them], so that we may be fellow workers for the truth [that is, for the gospel message of salvation].
AMPC
So we ourselves ought to support such people [to welcome and provide for them], in order that we may be fellow workers in the Truth (the whole Gospel) and cooperate with its teachers.
BRG
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
CSB
Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be coworkers with the truth.
CSBA
Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be co-workers with the truth.
CEB
Therefore, we ought to help people like this so that we can be coworkers with the truth.
CJB
It is we, therefore, who should support such people; so that we may share in their work for the truth.
CEV
We must support people like them, so we can take part in what they are doing to spread the truth.
DARBY
*We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
DLNT
Therefore we ought to be supporting such ones, in order that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.
DRA
We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow helpers of the truth.
ERV
So we should help them. When we help them, we share with their work for the truth.
EASY
Because of that, we Christians must help them with the things that they need. In this way we will be working together with them as they tell people the true message about Christ.
EHV
Therefore, we have an obligation to support such men, so that we may be coworkers for the truth.
ESV
Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
ESVUK
Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
EXB
So we should ·help [show hospitality to; support] such people; when we do, we ·share in their work [become coworkers] for the truth.
GNV
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be helpers to the truth.
GW
We must support believers who go on trips like this so that we can work together with them in spreading the truth.
GNT
We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
HCSB
Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we can be coworkers with the truth.
ICB
So we should help these brothers. And when we do, we share in their work for the truth.
ISV
Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become genuine helpers with them.
PHILLIPS
You are doing a fine faithful piece of work, my dear friend, in looking after the brothers who come your way, especially when you have never seen them before. They have testified to your love before the Church. It is a fine thing to help them on their way—it shows you realise the importance of what they are doing. They set out on this work, as you know for the sake of “the name” and they accept no help from non-Christians. We ought to give such men a real welcome and prove that we too are co-operating with the truth.
JUB
We, therefore, ought to receive such, that we might be fellow workers to the truth.
KJV
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
AKJV
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
LSB
Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.
LEB
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become fellow workers with the truth.
TLB
So we ourselves should take care of them in order that we may become partners with them in the Lord’s work.
MSG
Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible. They’ve made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love. It’s good work you’re doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself! They set out under the banner of the Name, and get no help from unbelievers. So they deserve any support we can give them. In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth.
MEV
Therefore we ought to receive such men, that we might be fellow workers for the truth.
MOUNCE
Therefore we ought to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be coworkers for the truth.
NOG
We must support believers who go on trips like this so that we can work together with them in spreading the truth.
NABRE
Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth.
NASB
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may prove to be fellow workers with the truth.
NASB1995
Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.
NCB
Therefore, we ought to show hospitality to such people so that we may be collaborators in the truth.
NCV
So we should help such people; when we do, we share in their work for the truth.
NET
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.
NIRV
So we should welcome people like them. We should work together with them for the truth.
NIV
We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
NIVUK
We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
NKJV
We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.
NLV
So we should help such people. That way we will be working with them as they teach the truth.
NLT
So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.
NMB
We therefore ought to receive such brethren, so that we also may be helpers of the truth.
NRSVA
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.
NRSVACE
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.
NRSVCE
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.
NRSVUE
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become coworkers with the truth.
NTFE
We ought to support people like that, so that we may become fellow workers with the truth.
OJB
Therefore, we ought to give hachnosas orchim (hospitality) to such, in order that we may be ozrim (helpers) with HaEmes.
RGT
Therefore, we ought to receive such, so that we might be helpers to the Truth.
RSV
So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
RSVCE
So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
TLV
Therefore we ought to support such people, so we might become co-workers in the truth.
VOICE
We should give people like this our full support so that we can share in this work for the truth.
WEB
We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
WE
So if I come, I will show what he is doing. He is saying wrong things about us. And that is not all. He does not take our brothers into his own home. And he stops other people who want to take them in. He will not let them be church members any longer.
WYC
Therefore we owe to receive such, that we be even-workers of truth.
YLT
we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
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