3John 1:15. Φίλους, friends) Compare Joh 15:15. A title seldom found in the New Testament, since it is absorbed by the greater one of brotherhood. Philosophers are mistaken in supposing that friendship is not prepared (formed) by faith.-κατʼ ὄνομα, by name) No less than if their names were written.[1]
[1] Bengel, J. A. (1866). Vol. 5: Gnomon of the New Testament (M. E. Bengel & J. C. F. Steudel, Ed.) (W. Fletcher, Trans.) (159-161). Edinburgh: T&T Clark.