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3 John 1:8

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← 3 John 1:7	3 John 1:8 (KJV)	3 John 1:9 →
Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.	We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.	I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

We^G2249 therefore^G3767 ought^G3784 to receive^G618 such^G5108, that^G2443 we might be^G1096 fellowhelpers^G4904 to the truth^G225.

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Original Greek

ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ἀπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	G2249	P-1NP	We
οὖν	oun	G3767	CONJ	therefore
ὀφείλομεν	opheilomen	G3784	V-PAI-1P	ought
ἀπολαμβάνειν	apolambanein	G618	V-PAN	to receive
τοὺς	tous	G3588	T-APM	*
τοιούτους,	toioutous	G5108	D-APM	such
ἵνα	hina	G2443	CONJ	that
συνεργοὶ	sunergoi	G4904	A-NPM	fellowhelpers
γινώμεθα	ginōmetha	G1096	V-PNS-1P	we might be
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
ἀληθείᾳ.	alētheia	G225	N-DSF	to the truth

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G225 — ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, al-ay'-thi-a): truth — from ἀληθής; truth:--true, X truly, truth, verity.
• G618 — ἀπολαμβάνω (apolambánō, ap-ol-am-ban'-o): I get back, receive back — from ἀπό and λαμβάνω; to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside:--receive, take.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G2249 — ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs, hay-mice'): nominative plural of ἐγώ; we (only used when emphatic):--us, we (ourselves).
• G2443 — ἵνα (hína, hin'-ah): in order that, so that — probably from the same as the former part of ἑαυτοῦ (through the demonstrative idea; compare ὁ); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result):--albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare ἵνα μή.
• G3767 — οὖν (oûn, oon): therefore, then — apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:--and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
• G3784 — ὀφείλω (opheílō, of-i'-lo): I owe, ought — probably from the base of ὄφελος (through the idea of accruing); to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty:--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should. See also ὄφελον.
• G4904 — συνεργός (synergós, soon-er-gos'): a fellow worker — from a presumed compound of σύν and the base of ἔργον; a co-laborer, i.e. coadjutor:--companion in labour, (fellow-)helper(-labourer, -worker), labourer together with, workfellow.
• G5108 — τοιοῦτος (toioûtos, toy-oo'-tos): of such a kind, such — (including the other inflections); from τοί and οὗτος; truly this, i.e. of this sort (to denote character or individuality):--like, such (an one).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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