3 John 1
Salutation |
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The elder unto the well-beloved Gai'us, Acts 19.29 · Rom. 16.23 · 1 Cor. 1.14 whom I love in the truth.
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Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth.
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For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren
came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou
walkest in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that
my children walk in truth.
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Gaius' Hospitality
Commended |
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Beloved, thou doest faithfully
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
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which have borne witness of thy charity
before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after
a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
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because that for his name's sake they
went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
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We therefore ought to receive such, that
we might be fellow helpers to the truth.
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The Opposition of
Diotrephes |
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I wrote unto the church: but
Diot're-phes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them,
receiveth us not.
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Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his
deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and
not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren,
and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the
church.
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The Good Report
concerning Demetrius |
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Beloved, follow not that which is evil,
but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that
doeth evil hath not seen God.
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Deme'tri-us hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear
record; and ye know that our record is true.
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Final
Greetings |
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I had many things to write, but I will
not with ink and pen write unto thee:
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but I trust I shall shortly see thee, and
we shall speak face to face.
Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by
name.
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