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3 John 1:1-9

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Greeting

1 To my dear friend[a] Gaius, whom I love in truth.
2 Dear friend,[b] I pray that you may prosper in every way and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
3 For I was very glad when some brothers came and testified to your [faithfulness] to the truth-how you are walking in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Gaius Commended

5 Dear friend,[c] you are showing your faith[d] by whatever you do for the brothers, and this [you are doing] for strangers;
6 they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
7 since they set out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from pagans.
8 Therefore, we ought to support such men, so that we can be co-workers with[e] the truth.

Diotrephes and Demetrius

9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.

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Footnotes 5

  • [a] Or my beloved
  • [b] Or Beloved
  • [c] Or Beloved
  • [d] Lit are doing faith
  • [e] Or co-workers for
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