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Overview Outline of 3 John

Living out the truth, in love

1. Intro: Cultivate your love for people and the practice of the truth [holiness] (3Jo 1:1-4)
   1. Love for people (which inevitably leads to prayer for them) (3Jo 1:1-3)
   2. Love for the practice of the truth [holiness/obedience to God’s Word] (3Jo 1:4)
2. Continue on in faithful service of the brethren, love and support of the ministry (3Jo 1:5-8)
   1. Continue in faithful service (3Jo 1:5)
   2. Continue in love (3Jo 1:6a)
   3. Continue to support the ministry [missionary support] (3Jo 1:6b-8)
3. Contemplate the ways of the arrogant (3Jo 1:9-10)
   1. Self-promoting (3Jo 1:9a)
   2. Unteachable/unsubmissive/ultimately uncommitted to the Word of God (3Jo 1:9b)
   3. Reproachable (3Jo 1:10a)
   4. Slanderous/untrue and unwholesome words (3Jo 1:10b)
   5. Inhospitable/unloving (3Jo 1:10c)
   6. Overbearing leadership/dictatorial leadership (3Jo 1:10d)
4. Commit yourself to imitate good – not evil (3Jo 1:11)
   1. Because it evidences the new birth (3Jo 1:11a)
   2. Because without it, it evidences spiritual blindness (3Jo 1:11b)
5. Consider the testimony about the praiseworthy person (3Jo 1:12)
   1. All people in general acknowledge his character (3Jo 1:12a)
   2. The Word of God affirms his character (3Jo 1:12b)
   3. Faithful leadership affirms his character (3Jo 1:12c)
6. Conclusion: Convey personal interest to those you minister to and with (3Jo 1:13-15)
   1. Fellowship involves more than just written communication (3Jo 1:13)
   2. Fellowship includes a desire for personal interaction (3Jo 1:14)
   3. Fellowship includes prayer and affectionate regard for those in Christ (3Jo 1:15)