As a father, this speaks to my heart right now:

“Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest…” (3 John 5).

You see, I read verse four first (no particular shock there, of course) and thought again along the lines of “Yes, I want to hear that my children walk in truth. Hear it from them. Hear it from others. See it for myself.”

But what about their Dad?

So verse five struck me.

My own living must be entirely marked by faithfulness — to God, to His Word, to His ways, to His plan, to His will.

That is more important than hearing anything about anyone else.