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3 John 1:4

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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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  1. Galatians 4:19Rank 1 from verse 4
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    19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

  2. 1 Timothy 1:2Rank 2 from verse 4
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    2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

  3. 2 Timothy 1:2Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

  4. Proverbs 23:24Rank 4 from verse 4
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  5. 2 Kings 20:3Rank 5 from verse 4
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    3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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3 John 1:4

COMBINED MEANING

joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

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