3 John 1 — GNV
1Verse 1The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.Verse 2Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.Verse 3For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.Verse 4I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.Verse 5Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,Verse 6Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,Verse 7Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.Verse 8We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.Verse 9I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.Verse 10Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.Verse 11Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.Verse 12Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.Verse 13I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:Verse 14For I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Greete the friends by name.