3 JOHN
Hospitality · Integrity · Faithful Leadership
Expanded Museum Poster · Timeline Theme Table
1 · Core Story & Meaning
3 John commends faithful hospitality that supports the truth and confronts abusive leadership. John contrasts the generosity of Gaius with the self-serving control of Diotrephes, highlighting integrity and service as marks of godly leadership.
Core Sentence · 3 John in One Line
Faithful believers support the truth through hospitality and integrity, not control.
Truth supported
├─ hospitality practiced
├─ faithfulness commended
├─ pride confronted
├─ integrity modeled
└─ good imitated
Emotionally: affirmation → resolve → courage → moral clarity.
Four Major Movements
How the book actually flows:
1. FAITHFUL SUPPORT (1–4): walking in truth
2. HOSPITALITY PRAISED (5–8): partners in truth
3. ABUSE OF POWER CONFRONTED (9–10): pride exposed
4. GOOD IMITATED (11–14): integrity upheld
Hospitality–leadership rail for the museum walk.
2 · Key Scenes & Emotional Gestures
Faithfulness encouraged, abuse of power confronted.
Scene · Walking in the Truth (3 John 1–4)
Faith brings joy.
Truth → obedience → joy
Faithfulness affirmed.
Scene · Hospitality for the Gospel (3 John 5–8)
Support advances truth.
Welcome → provision → mission
Generosity fuels mission.
Scene · Diotrephes Confronted (3 John 9–10)
Pride disrupts community.
Control → division → exposure
Truth resists domination.
Scene · Imitate What Is Good (3 John 11–14)
Integrity modeled.
Good example → imitation → peace
Character shapes leadership.
3 · Timeline of Themes by Argument Flow
Top = faithful hospitality; bottom = integrity in leadership.
| Argument Order |
Section Block |
Creation |
Fall |
Covenant |
Promise |
Faithfulness |
Exile |
| 1 · 3 John 1–4 |
Faithfulness Commended |
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joy in faith |
walking in truth |
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| 2 · 3 John 5–8 |
Hospitality & Mission |
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partners in truth |
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generous support |
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| 3 · 3 John 9–10 |
Pride & Control Exposed |
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abuse of power |
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community disruption |
| 4 · 3 John 11–14 |
Integrity & Peace |
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peaceful fellowship |
good imitated |
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3 John is the museum’s ‘hospitality chamber’: truth advanced through generosity and integrity.