Speaker: Pastor Neil Lindwall

NIV 3 John 1-2 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 

ESV 3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

NASB 3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

Good Health = hygiaínō (hoog-ee-ah'-ee-no) (the root of the English term, "hygiene") – properly, in good working order – hence, "healthy," in sound condition (in-balance). … "Being sound" (5198/hygiaínō) also applies to having correct doctrine (1319/didaskalía, "systematic, applied theology"). – Excerpts from HELPS Lexicon. ὑγιαίνω hugiainō, hoog-ee-ah'-ee-no; from G5199; to have sound health, i.e. be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine):—be in health, (be safe and) sound, (be) whole(-some). – Strong’s Definitions.

Well = euodóō (yoo-od-o'-o) (from 2095/eú, "well, good" and 3598/hodós, "a journey on a particular road") – properly, to go on a prosperous journey; (figuratively) to be on the right (profitable) path, i.e. leading to real success (good fortune) where someone truly "prospers, is prospered" (A-S). – Excerpts from HELPS Lexicon.

εὐοδόω euodóō, yoo-od-o'-o; from a compound of G2095 and G3598; to help on the road, i.e. (passively) succeed in reaching; figuratively, to succeed in business affairs:—(have a) prosper(-ous journey). – Strong’s Definitions.

Soul = psyxē (psoo-khay'), (from psyxō, "to breathe, blow," the root of the English words "psyche," "psychology") – soul (psyche); a person's identity (unique personhood), i.e. individual personality. 5590 (psyxē) corresponds exactly to the OT 5315/nephesh ("soul"). The soul describes the aftermath of God breathing (blowing) His gift of life into a person (as an ensouled being). Soul (5590/psyxē) in the Bible is the "snapshot" of our individual identity, i.e. who we are before the Lord. "Soul is a description of our individual being rather than an entity in and of itself" (G. Archer). ." – Excerpts from HELPS Lexicon.

NIV 3 John 3-4 It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Good Life.  

NIV 3 John 5-8 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you. 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.  



ESV 3 John 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.  

Good Faith.  

NIV 3 John 9-10 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.

φιλοπρωτεύω philoprōteúō; from a comp. of 5384 and 4413; to strive to be first:― NASEC dictionary.

philoprōteúō, fil-op-rote-yoo'-o; from a compound of G5384 and G4413; to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction:—love to have the preeminence. – Strong’s Definitions.

Good Grief.  

NIV 3 John 11-15 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true. 13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 15 Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.

Good Example.  

NIV 1 Corinthians 11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Live The Good Life 

"To Gaius, the Man of God, who Rejoices in the Truth and Lives Well: Beware of Diotrephes, the Self-Seeking Person who is Nourished by Pride, and Act Like Demetrius, who Produces a Good Harvest."