3Jo 3-4 | TNotes | STEP | 1:3 The traveling teachers (literally brothers ) were probably John’s emissaries who traveled from church to church, teaching the Good News and encouraging Christians (see 1:5 , 10 ). • you are living according to the truth: Gaius was faithful to the apostolic gospel of Jesus Christ. The false teachers denied the reality of the incarnation or the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ (cp. 1 Jn 4:1-3 ).

d1 Jn 4:1-3►

f2 Jn 1:1-4►

g3 Jn 1:9►

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1:3 ^a The traveling teachers (literally brothers) were probably John’s emissaries who traveled from church to church, teaching the Good News and encouraging Christians (see 1:5 ^b, 10 ^c).

• you are living according to the truth: Gaius was faithful to the apostolic gospel of Jesus Christ. The false teachers denied the reality of the incarnation or the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ (cp. 1 Jn 4:1-3 ^d).
1:4 ^e As in 2 John (see 2 Jn 1:1-4 ^f), John’s emphasis is on knowing and following the truth in contrast to Diotrephes and his followers (3 Jn 1:9 ^g).