3 John 1:1-9

1 I, the elder, am writing this letter. I am sending it to you, my dear friend Gaius. I love you because of the truth.

2 Dear friend, I know that your spiritual life is going well. I pray that you also may enjoy good health. And I pray that everything else may go well with you.

3 Some believers came to me and told me that you are faithful to the truth. They told me that you continue to live by it. That gave me great joy.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living by the truth.

5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the believers. You are faithful even though they are strangers to you.

6 They have told the church about your love. Please help them by sending them on their way in a manner that honors God.

7 They started on their journey to serve Jesus Christ. They didn't receive any help from those who aren't believers.

8 So we should welcome people like them. We should work together with them for the truth.

9 I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes won't have anything to do with us. He loves to be the first in everything.