New Testament in a Year – 3 John 1

From the Elder - 3 John 1:1-14

Understand It

• To whom was this letter addressed? (1:1)
• For what did "the elder" pray? (1:2)
• What gave the writer of 3 John great joy? (1:3-4)
• In what was the recipient of this letter faithful? (1:5)
• What information was circulating among the people in Gaius’s church? (1:6)
• Why were "the brothers" sent out? (1:7)
• Why did the elder say that believers ought to show hospitality to Christians who serve God? (1:8)
• What did Diotrephes love? (1:9)
• What was Diotrephes doing? (1:9-10)
• What did the elder encourage Gaius to do? (1:11)
• What is true about people who do good and people who do evil? (1:11)
• What was commendable about Demetrius? (1:12)
• Why is 3 John so short? (1:13-14)
• What did the writer of 3 John hope to do? (1:14)

Apply It

• In what area of your life can you be more faithful this week?
• To whom can you show hospitality this week?
• In what way will you imitate good rather than evil today?