3 John 1

New American Standard Bible 1995

You Walk in the Truth

1 1The elderG4245 to the belovedG27 2GaiusG1050, whomG3739 I 3loveG25 in truthG225.

2BelovedG27, I prayG2172 that in allG3956 respectsG3956 you may prosperG2137 and be in goodG5198 healthG5198, justG2531 as your soulG5590 prospersG2137. 3For I 4was veryG3029 gladG5463 when 5brethrenG80 cameG2064 and testifiedG3140 to your truthG225, that is, howG2531 you 6are walkingG4043 in truthG225. 4I haveG2192 noG3756 greaterG3173 joyG5479 than 7thisG3778, to hearG191 of 8my childrenG5043 9walkingG4043 in the truthG225.

5BelovedG27, you are actingG4160 faithfullyG4103 in whateverG3739 G1437 you accomplishG2038 for the 10brethrenG80, and 11especiallyG3778 when they are 12strangersG3581; 6and they have testifiedG3140 to your loveG26 beforeG1799 the churchG1577. You will doG4160 wellG2573 to 13sendG4311 them on their wayG4311 in a mannerG516 14worthyG516 of GodG2316. 7For they wentG1831 out for the sakeG5228 of 15the NameG3686, 16acceptingG2983 nothingG3367 from the GentilesG1482. 8ThereforeG3767 we oughtG3784 to 17supportG5274 suchG5108 menG5108, soG2443 that we may 18be fellowG4904 workersG4904 19with the truthG225.

9I wroteG1125 somethingG5100 to the churchG1577; but DiotrephesG1361, who lovesG5383 to 20be firstG5383 among them, does not acceptG1926 21what we sayG1473. 10For thisG3778 reasonG1223, 22ifG1437 I comeG2064, I will callG5279 attentionG5279 to his deedsG2041 whichG3739 he doesG4160, unjustlyG5396 accusingG5396 us with wickedG4190 wordsG3056; and not satisfiedG714 with thisG3778, he himselfG846 does not 23receiveG1926 the 24brethrenG80, eitherG3777, and he forbidsG2967 thoseG3588 who desireG1014 to do so and 25putsG1544 them out of the churchG1577.

11BelovedG27, 26do not imitateG3401 whatG2556 is evilG2556, but whatG18 is goodG18. 27The one who doesG15 goodG15 is of GodG2316; 28the one who doesG2554 evilG2554 has not seenG3708 GodG2316. 12DemetriusG1216 29has receivedG3140 a good testimonyG3140 from everyoneG3956, and from the truthG225 itselfG846; and we addG3140 our testimonyG3140, and 30you knowG3609 that our testimonyG3140 is trueG227.

13 31I hadG2192 manyG4183 thingsG4183 to writeG1125 to you, but I amG2309 not willingG2309 to writeG1125 them to you with penG2563 and inkG3189; 14but I hopeG1679 to seeG3708 you shortlyG2112, and we will speakG2980 faceG4750 to faceG4750.

32PeaceG1515 be to you. The friendsG5384 greetG782 you. GreetG782 the friendsG5384 33by nameG3686.

1. 3 John 1:1 2 John 1 ↩
2. 3 John 1:1 Acts 19:29; 20:4; Rom 16:23; 1 Cor 1:14 ↩
3. 3 John 1:1 1 John 3:18; 2 John 1 ↩
4. 3 John 1:3 2 John 4 ↩
5. 3 John 1:3 Acts 1:15; Gal 6:10; 3 John 5, 10 ↩
6. 3 John 1:3 2 John 4 ↩
7. 3 John 1:4 Lit these things, that I hear ↩
8. 3 John 1:4 1 Cor 4:14f; 2 Cor 6:13; Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11; 1 Tim 1:2; 2 Tim 1:2; Philem 10; 1 John 2:1 ↩
9. 3 John 1:4 2 John 4 ↩
10. 3 John 1:5 Acts 1:15; Gal 6:10; 3 John 3, 10 ↩
11. 3 John 1:5 Lit this ↩
12. 3 John 1:5 Rom 12:13; Heb 13:2 ↩
13. 3 John 1:6 Acts 15:3; Titus 3:13 ↩
14. 3 John 1:6 Col 1:10; 1 Thess 2:12 ↩
15. 3 John 1:7 John 15:21; Acts 5:41; Phil 2:9 ↩
16. 3 John 1:7 Acts 20:33, 35 ↩
17. 3 John 1:8 Or receive such men as guests ↩
18. 3 John 1:8 Or prove ourselves to be ↩
19. 3 John 1:8 Or for ↩
20. 3 John 1:9 2 John 9 ↩
21. 3 John 1:9 Lit us ↩
22. 3 John 1:10 2 John 12 ↩
23. 3 John 1:10 2 John 10; 3 John 5 ↩
24. 3 John 1:10 Acts 1:15; Gal 6:10; 3 John 3, 5 ↩
25. 3 John 1:10 John 9:34 ↩
26. 3 John 1:11 Ps 34:14; 37:27 ↩
27. 3 John 1:11 1 John 2:29; 3:10 ↩
28. 3 John 1:11 1 John 3:6 ↩
29. 3 John 1:12 Acts 6:3; 1 Tim 3:7 ↩
30. 3 John 1:12 John 19:35; 21:24 ↩
31. 3 John 1:13 2 John 12 ↩
32. 3 John 1:14 John 20:19, 21, 26; Eph 6:23; 1 Pet 5:14 ↩
33. 3 John 1:14 John 10:3 ↩