Book 64 of 66 · New Testament · Letters & Revelation
3 John
3 John is the 64th book of the Bible and the 25th of the 27 books of the New Testament. It belongs to the Letters & Revelation section (General Letters) and has 1 chapter.
- Book number
- 64 of 66
- Testament
- New Testament (25 of 27)
- Section
- Letters & Revelation
- Group
- General Letters
- Chapters
- 1
- Abbreviation
- 3Jn
- Comes after
- 2 John
- Comes before
- Jude
About 3 John
3 John is a one-chapter letter praising Gaius for his hospitality to travelling teachers and rebuking Diotrephes, who refused them. It is the shortest book in the Bible by word count.
Where is 3 John in the Bible?
Open a Bible towards the back: 3 John is book 64 of 66, right after 2 John and just before Jude. In the New Testament it is number 25 of 27, in the Letters & Revelation section (the General Letters, then Revelation).
Practise 3 John
- Find 3 John in Book Hunt — tap it on a shelf of all 66 spines before the timer runs out.
- What number is 3 John? Book Number Blitz — drill book numbers 1 to 66 against the clock.
- Is 3 John canon? Canon or Not — tell the real 66 from apocryphal and invented titles.
- Old or New? Testament Toss-Up — sort each book into its testament as fast as you can.
- Shelve Letters & Revelation in Order the Books — learn 3 John's neighbours by placing the whole section in order.
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