A Greeting from the Elder

3 John 1:4

In 9 translations

BSB: I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
KJV: I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
WEB: I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.
ASV: Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
LSV: I have no joy greater than these things, that I may hear of my children walking in truth.
YLT: greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
DBY: I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.
DRC: I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.
GNV: I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read χαρὰν (“joy”); Westcott–Hort read χάριν (“grace”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τῇ (“the”); NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: χαράν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read χαράν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read χάριν.
SBLGNT: τῇ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 27th edition read τῇ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.
RP2018: Μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.
TR-Boyd: Μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.
SCR1894: μειζοτεραν τουτων ουκ εχω χαραν ινα ακουω τα εμα τεκνα εν αληθεια περιπατουντα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

John, the Second and Third Epistles of Joy

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Galatians 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
2 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live…
1 Kings 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
1 Kings 3:6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving…
John 12:35–36Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.…
Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Psalms 26:1–3Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked…
1 Corinthians 4:14–15I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
Isaiah 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).