3 John

CHAPTER 1

Walking in the Truth

^1aThe elder to the beloved ^bGaius, whom I ^clove in truth.

²Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

³For I ^arejoiced greatly when ^bbrothers came and bore witness to your truth, that is, how you ^care walking in truth.

⁴I have no greater joy than ¹this, to hear that ^amy children are ^bwalking in the truth.

⁵Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever ¹work you do for the ^abrothers, and are doing this though they are ^bstrangers;

⁶and they bore witness to your love before the church. You will do well to ^asend them on their way in a manner ^bworthy of God.

⁷For they went out for the sake of ^athe Name, ^breceiving nothing from the Gentiles.

⁸Therefore we ought to ¹support such men, so that we may ²be fellow workers ³with the truth.

⁹I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to ^abe first among them, does not welcome ¹what we say.

¹⁰For this reason, ^aif I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, unjustly disparaging us with wicked words. And not satisfied with this, he himself does not ^bwelcome the ^cbrothers either, and he forbids those who want to do so and ^dputs them out of the church.

¹¹Beloved, ^ado not imitate what is evil, but what is good. ^bThe one who does good is of God; ^cthe one who does evil has not seen God.

¹²Demetrius ^ahas received a good witness from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we add our witness, and ^byou know that our witness is true.

^13aI had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink;

¹⁴but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.

^15aPeace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends ^bby name.