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3 John 1:8

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We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 16:10–11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    10Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

    11Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

  2. 1 Corinthians 3:5–9Rank 2 from verse 8
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

    8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

    9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 3:2Rank 3 from verse 8
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    2And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

  4. 2 Corinthians 6:1Rank 4 from verse 8
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    1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

  5. 2 Corinthians 7:2–3Rank 5 from verse 8
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    2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

    3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

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3 John 1:8

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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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7Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

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9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

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