3 John 1:1-6

1 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

3 It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.

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

5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,^[a] even though they are strangers to you.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 11:30; 2 John 1
• 2. ver 5,10; S Acts 1:16
• 3. 2 John 4
• 4. 1 Corinthians 4:15; S 1 John 2:1
• 5. ver 3
• 6. S ver 3
• 7. Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2
• 8. 1 Corinthians 16:11; 2 Corinthians 1:16
• 9. S Ephesians 4:1

Footnotes

• [a] The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.