3JO-1:1  The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in

the truth.

3JO-1:2  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest

prosper and be in

health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3JO-1:3  For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and

testified of the

truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

3JO-1:4  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children

walk in truth.

3JO-1:5  Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to

the brethren,

and to strangers;

3JO-1:6  Which have borne witness of thy charity before the

church: whom if

thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou

shalt do well:

3JO-1:7  Because that for his name's sake they went forth,

taking nothing of

the Gentiles.

3JO-1:8  We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be

fellowhelpers to

the truth.

3JO-1:9  I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to

have the

preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

3JO-1:10  Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which

he doeth,

prating against us with malicious words: and not content

therewith, neither

doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that

would, and

casteth [them] out of the church.

3JO-1:11  Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which

is good. He

that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen

God.

3JO-1:12  Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the

truth itself:

yea, and we [also] bear record; and ye know that our record is

true.

3JO-1:13  I had many things to write, but I will not with ink

and pen write

unto thee:

3JO-1:14  But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall

speak face to

face. Peace [be] to thee. [Our] friends salute thee. Greet the

friends by name.

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