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The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
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Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
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I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, namely how you walk in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you;
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they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God;
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for they began their journey for the sake of Christ, accepting no support from non-believers.
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Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.
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I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.