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OET (OET-RV) I was so happy that I found some of your children living out the truth as per the command that the father gave us.![]()
OET-LV I_was_ exceedingly _elated that I_have_found some of the children of_you walking in truth, as the_command we_received from the father.![]()
ULT I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment from the Father.
UST I have learned that some of the believers from your congregation are living according to the true message that God has taught us. That made me very happy. This is just what our Father commanded us to do.
BSB & MSB I was overjoyed to find [some] of your children walking in [the] truth, just as the Father has commanded [us].
BLB I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment from the Father.
AICNT I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.
OEB It was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.
CSB I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.
NLT How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded.
NIV It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
CEV I was very glad to learn that some of your children are obeying the truth, as the Father told us to do.
ESV I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
NASB I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.
LSB I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.
WEBBE & WMBB I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
MSG (4-6)I can’t tell you how happy I am to learn that many members of your congregation are diligent in living out the Truth, exactly as commanded by the Father. But permit me a reminder, friends, and this is not a new commandment but simply a repetition of our original and basic charter: that we love each other. Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard, and nothing has changed.
NET I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
LSV I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of your children walking in truth, even as we received a command from the Father;
FBV I was delighted to discover that some of your children are following the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
TCNT I was overjoyed to find some of yoʋr children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
T4T I am very happy because I learned about some of you [SYN] who are conducting your lives in a manner that is ◄consistent/in accordance► with God’s true message. You are doing that just like our Father God commanded us to do.
LEB ⌊I was very glad⌋[fn] because I found some of your children walking in the truth, just as ⌊the Father commanded us⌋[fn].
NRSV I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
NKJV I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.
NAB I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father.
BBE It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
Moff I was overjoyed to find some of your children leading the true Life, as we were commanded to do by the Father.
Wymth It is an intense joy to me to have found some of your children living true Christian lives, in obedience to the command which we have received from the Father.
ASV ¶ I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
DRA I was exceeding glad, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
YLT I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;
Drby I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.
RV I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
(I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy/your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.)
SLT I was greatly rejoiced that I found of thy children walking about in the truth, as we received a command from the Father.
Wbstr I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
KJB-1769 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
(I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy/your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.)
KJB-1611 I reioyced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in trueth, as wee haue receiued a commaundement from the Father.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father.
(I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy/your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the father.)
Gnva I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy children walking in trueth, as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father.
(I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy/your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the Father.)
Cvdl I am greatly reioysed, that I haue founde amonge thy children, them that walke in ye trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father.
(I am greatly rejoiced, that I have found among thy/your children, them that walk in ye/you_all truth, as we have received a commandment of the father.)
TNT I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldre walkinge in trouth as we have receaved a commaundement of the father.
(I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy/your children walking in trouth as we have received a commandment of the father.)
Wycl I ioiede ful myche, for Y foond of thi sones goynge in treuthe, as we resseyueden maundement of the fadir.
(I ioiede full much, for I found of thy/your sons going in truth, as we received commandment of the father.)
Luth Ich bin sehr erfreuet, daß ich funden habe unter deinen Kindern, die in der Wahrheit wandeln, wie denn wir ein Gebot vom Vater empfangen haben.
(I am very pleased, that I funds have under your(s) children, the in the/of_the truth walk, as/like because/than we/us a commandment/command from_the father received have.)
ClVg Gavisus sum valde, quoniam inveni de filiis tuis ambulantes in veritate, sicut mandatum accepimus a Patre.[fn]
(Gavisus I_am very_much, since/because I_found from/about to_the_children yours walking in/into/on with_truth, like command(n) we_received from Father.)
SR-GNT Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός. ‡
UGNT ἐχάρην λείαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός.
SBL-GNT Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.
RP-GNT Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.
TC-GNT Ἐχάρην λίαν ὅτι εὕρηκα ἐκ τῶν τέκνων σου περιπατοῦντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς ἐντολὴν ἐλάβομεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.