3 John 1

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

₂Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. ₃For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. ₄I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

₅Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, ₆who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. ₇For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. ₈Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

₉I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. ₁₀So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

₁₁Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. ₁₂Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

₁₃I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. ₁₄I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

₁₅Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.