3 John 1
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1Greetings from the Elder.#1:1 Elder This is probably John the apostle. “Elder” means an older man or a special leader in the church (as in Titus 1:5).
To my dear friend Gaius, a person I truly love.
2My dear friend, I know that you are doing well spiritually. So I pray that everything else is going well with you and that you are enjoying good health. 3Some believers came and told me about the truth#1:3 truth The truth or “Good News” about Jesus Christ that joins all believers together. Also in verses 8, 12. in your life. They told me that you continue to follow the way of truth. This made me very happy. 4It always gives me the greatest joy when I hear that my children are following the way of truth.
5My dear friend, it is good that you continue to help the believers. They are people you don’t even know. 6They told the church about the love you have. Please help them to continue their trip. Help them in a way that will please God. 7They went on their trip to serve Christ. They did not accept any help from people who are not believers. 8So we should help them. When we help them, we share with their work for the truth.
9I wrote a letter to the church, but Diotrephes will not listen to what we say. He always wants to be the leader. 10When I come, I will talk with him about what he is doing. He lies and says evil things about us, but that is not all. He refuses to welcome and help the believers who travel there. And he will not let others help them. If they do, he stops them from meeting with the church anymore.
11My dear friend, don’t follow what is bad; follow what is good. Whoever does what is good is from God. But whoever does evil has never known God.
12Everyone says good things about Demetrius, and the truth agrees with what they say. Also, we say good about him. And you know that what we say is true.
13I have many things I want to tell you. But I don’t want to use pen and ink. 14I hope to visit you soon. Then we can be together and talk. 15Peace to you. The friends here with me send their love. Please give our love to each one of the friends there.
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3 John 1
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1The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!
2beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,
3for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk;
4greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
5Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
6who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
7because for [His] name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;
8we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
9I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them — Diotrephes — doth not receive us;
10because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.
11Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;
12to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also — we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.
13Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,
14and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name.
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