11The elder to the beloved2Gaius, whom I 3love in truth.
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Beloved, I pray that in allrespects you may prosper and be in goodhealth, just as your soulprospers.
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For I 4was veryglad when 5brethrencame and testified to your truth, that is, how you 6are walking in truth.
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I havenogreaterjoy than [a]this, to hear of 7my children8walking in the truth.
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Beloved, you are actingfaithfully in whatever* you accomplish for the 9brethren, and [b]especially when they are 10strangers;
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and they have testified to your lovebefore the church. You will dowell to 11send them on their way in a manner12worthy of God.
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For they went out for the sake of 13the Name, 14acceptingnothing from the Gentiles.
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Therefore we ought to [c]supportsuchmen, so that we may [d]be fellowworkers[e]with the truth.
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I wrotesomething to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to 15be first among them, does not accept[f]what we say.
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For thisreason, 16if I come, I will callattention to his deedswhich he does, unjustlyaccusing us with wickedwords; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not 17receive the 18brethren, either, and he forbidsthose who desire to do so and 19puts them out of the church.