LO - III John

Chapter 1

1:1  The elder, to Gaius, the beloved, whom I love in the truth.

1:2  Beloved, I pray, that with respect to all things, you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

1:3  For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came, and bore witness to your truth, even as you walk in truth.

1:4  I have no greater joy than that which I have when I hear my children are walking in truth.

1:5  Beloved, you do faithfully what you perform for the brethren, and for the strangers.

1:6  These have borne testimony to your love, in the presence of the congregation; whom, if you help forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well.

1:7  Because for his name's sake, they went forth, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.

1:8  We, therefore, ought to entertain such, that we may be joint laborers in the truth.

1:9  I wrote to the congregation: but Diotrephes, who affects a pre-eminence among them, does not receive us.

1:10  For this cause, when I come, I will bring his deeds to remembrance, which he practices--prating against us with malicious words; and, not content with this, he does not himself receive the brethren, and forbids them who would, and casts them out of the congregation.

1:11  Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good, is of God; but he who does evil, has not seen God.

1:12  Testimony is borne to Demetrius, by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony; and you know that our testimony is true.

1:13  I have many things to write; but I do not incline to write them to you with pen and ink:

1:14  for I hope immediately to see you, and so we shall speak face to face. Salute the friends by name.