en_tn_lite_do_not_use/3jn/01/05.md

## you practice faithfulness ##

"you are doing what is faithful to God" or "you are being loyal to God"

## work for the brothers and for strangers ##

"help fellow believers and those you do not know"

## who have borne witness of your love before the church ##

This could be translated as a new sentence: "They have told the believers in the church about how you have loved them."

## You will do well to send them forward on their journey worthy of God ##

"Please, send them on their journey in a way that honors God"

## because for the sake of the Name they went out ##

Here "name" refers to Jesus. Alternate translation: "for they have gone out to tell people about Jesus." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## taking nothing from the Gentiles ##

Here "Gentile" does not mean a person who is not a Jew. It means a person who does not believe in Jesus. Alternate translation: "and they take nothing from those they are telling about Jesus"

## We therefore ##

Here "we" refers to John and includes all believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])

## we may be fellow workers for the truth ##

"we may help them in their work to tell people God's truth"