Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.
New American Standard Bible
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
King James Version
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Holman Bible
Dear friend,
International Standard Version
Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.
A Conservative Version
Beloved, I pray for thee to prosper concerning all things, and to be healthy, just as thy soul prospers.
American Standard Version
Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Amplified
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].
An Understandable Version
[My] dearly loved [friend], I am praying that you will do well in everything [materially ?] and that you will have [good] health, just as your soul [i.e., your spiritual life] is doing well.
Anderson New Testament
Beloved, I pray above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Bible in Basic English
My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.
Common New Testament
Beloved, I pray that you may be in good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I wish, my beloved, you may be as prosperous with regard to your health and other circumstances, as in what concerns your soul.
Darby Translation
Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Beloved, I pray, that with respect to all things, you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Godbey New Testament
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper concerning all things and be well, as your soul prospers.
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear friend, it is my prayer that everything is going well with you and that you are well; I know it is well with your soul.
John Wesley New Testament
Beloved, I wish above all things, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Julia Smith Translation
Dearly beloved, I pray above all things that thou succeed and be in good health, as thy soul succeeds.
King James 2000
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Modern King James verseion
Beloved, in regard to all things I pray that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wellbeloved, I wish in all things that thou prosperedest and faredest well, even as thy soul prospereth.
Moffatt New Testament
Beloved, I pray you may prosper in every way and keep well ??as indeed your soul is keeping well.
Montgomery New Testament
I pray that you may prosper, beloved, in every way, and be in good health, even as your soul is prospering.
NET Bible
Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
New Heart English Bible
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.
Noyes New Testament
Beloved, in all things I pray that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Sawyer New Testament
Beloved, I desire above all things that you may prosper and be in health, as your soul prospers.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Beloved, above all things I pray that thou mayest prosper, and be in sound health of body, even as thy soul prospereth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Dear friend, I pray that all may be well with you and that you may have good health--I know that all is well with your soul.
Webster
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Weymouth New Testament
My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.
Williams New Testament
Dearly beloved, I am praying for you to continue to prosper in everything, and to keep well, just as your soul is prospering.
World English Bible
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.
Worrell New Testament
Beloved, I pray that, in all things, you may be prosperous, and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Worsley New Testament
Beloved, I earnestly pray, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
Youngs Literal Translation
beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
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Encouragement For Gaius
1 The elder, to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in [the] truth. 2 Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth.
Cross References
Psalm 20:1-5
May Yahweh answer you in [the] day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.
Philippians 2:4
each of you not looking out for {your own interests}, but also each of you [for] {the interests} of others.
Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.
Colossians 1:4-6
[since we] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,
1 Thessalonians 1:3-10
[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For who [is] our hope or joy or crown of boasting? [Is it] not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 3:6-9
But now, [because] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}, desiring to see us just as also we [desire to see] you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers [dearly] loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you [as] first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,
James 5:12
Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.
2 Peter 1:3-9
because his divine power has bestowed on us all [things] [that are] necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
3 John 1:3-6
For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth.
Revelation 2:9
'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.