3 John 1:1-9

1 The Elder, Unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:

2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers,

6 who have borne witness of thy charity before the church. If thou send them forward on their journey in a godly manner, thou shalt do well,

7 because for His name's sake they went forth, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.

9 I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loveth to have preeminence among them, receiveth us not.