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If your GM allows Spheres of Power (Third party alternate magic system.) than you might want to play a Hedgewitch with the Combat and Covenant traditions.
If not, than the aforementioned Eldritch Heritage feat tree might be something for you, along with variant multiclassing from Pathfinder Unchained.
Multiclassing a spell caster is usually not effective. A dip of a level maybe two is not that bad, but is still generally less powerful than a single class caster. Considering how overpowered casters can be that is not always a bad thing.
Triple classing two casters and a martial is going too far. By the time you are getting 2nd level spells the other players will probably be getting 5th level spells. Sure you get more lower level spells, but you will be outclassed as a caster.
So what of that multi-classing sounds cool/useful?
Cause while it might be a less good character overall, it still could be better at the thing you're wanting from it.
But off the cuff, you're right that there's a fair bit of overlap with magus and sorcerer so I'm curious why you're wanting both.
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The concept may be cool, but the reality of the character is going to be disappointing. The big problem is going to be you have the low level abilities of three classes, and none of the high level ones. Your caster level on all classes is going to be so low that it will not do what you think it will. The damage from the magus spells will not be enough against any kind of level appropriate opponent.
Let’s say you take three levels in each class. That makes you a 9th level character. None of your classes can cast spells above 1st level, and any level dependent aspects are at 3rd level. That means your shocking grasp does 3d6. Many of your buffs will only last 3 rounds. By comparision the single classed sorcerer is throwing 9d6 fireballs, and the magus is doing 9d6 with an intensified shocking grasp.
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I think this character could be something like:
Light armour. 1 handed weapon, other hand free. Sorc spells for buffs. Magus spells for attack.
Which is literally the description of an Eldritch Scion Magus. I mean, just look at the Magus picture in the book!
The Magus can cast in Light armor, and fight with weapons and spells at the same time (usually by having a weapon in a hand and casting with other). Eldritch Scion casts spontaneously on Charisma and has a Bloodrager's Bloodline, which is a combat-oriented Sorcerer's Bloodline. If this is not enough, pick the Eldritch Heritage feat chain to get another Sorcerer's Bloodline of your liking, while Sorcerer's buffs are already included in the Magus spell list (especially since by multiclassing, you won't even be able to cast middle-level Sorcerer's spells). Paladin levels are not necessary: smite evil and Lay on Hands scale with level, and are not worth if you don't go full Paladin; Divine Grace can be tempting, but it's definitely unnecessary: pick Steadfast Personality if you want to add Charisma to the Will save instead of Wis (which will be 10 at most anyway), being the most critical save in the game.
By multiclassing you won't be able to do any of the things you would like to do, since you'll be too crappy at spellcasting with either spell list, and too weak and fragile for melee combat.
The reason why these days -heavy- multiclass (not just dipping) is no more a thing, it's because there are many classes or archetypes that encompass multiple hybrid concepts, while still being functional. This is not powergaming, just being rational: there is no reason to choose a terrible build for a certain concept, when the same concept can be done with a good build.
I think this character could be something like:
Light armour. 1 handed weapon, other hand free. Sorc spells for buffs. Magus spells for attack.
Why Sorc spells for buffs and not simply Magus spells for both? I honestly don't understand what's supposed to be cooler about casting from two similar arcane spell lists. If the character casts Fly and Nirror Image pre-combat and then Shocking Grasp in combat, does it make even the slightest difference what list Fly and MI came from?
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It might work for a gestalt character or with variant multiclassing, but with regular Pathfinder multiclassing you'd quickly wind up spread too thin.
You will have to deal with ASF for your sorcerer spells in light armor. And you won't have as good or as long of lasting buffs.
magus won't have as good of spells and his attack boosters are very low.
With sorcerer and magus your BAB is lower than 3/4th making it even harder to hit AND you don't have the normal attack boosters that most 3/4 bab classes have. Like your arcane pool only gives +1 instead of +3 that a lv9 would be getting.
The paladin gives 1 smite a few weak LoHs and a big save boost. If you're doing it just for the save boost then that's just for you to decide if saves are worth lowering the primary plan for your other class.
So it's not that your idea is bad nor that it can't be done. Just that this build of yours will be pretty bad at everything it tries. If that's okay with you and your group I hope you have fun with it!
Good luck with your build.
Here's a few suggestions on feats and magic items that might help you.
Feats: extra arcane pool, theurgy, eldritch heritage feat chain.
Magic items: robe of arcane heritage, merciful baldric, spellstrike gloves, bracers of the merciful knight.