3 John 1

New American Standard Bible 2020

A Good Report

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 asG2531 your soulG5590 prospersG2137. 3For I 4was overjoyedG3029 G5463 when 5brothersG80 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 10brothersG80 and sisters, and 11especiallyG3778 when they are 12strangersG3581; 6and they have testifiedG3140 to your loveG26 beforeG1799 the churchG1577. You will doG4160 wellG2573 to 13 14sendG4311 them onG4311 their wayG4311 inG516 aG516 mannerG516 15worthyG516 of GodG2316. 7For they wentG1831 outG1831 forG5228 theG5228 sakeG5228 of 16the NameG3686, 17acceptingG2983 nothingG3367 from the GentilesG1482. 8ThereforeG3767 we oughtG3784 to 18supportG5274 suchG5108 peopleG5108, soG2443 thatG2443 we may 19proveG1096 toG1096 beG1096 fellowG4904 workersG4904 20with the truthG225.

9I wroteG1125 somethingG5100 to the churchG1577; but DiotrephesG1361, who lovesG5383 toG5383 21beG5383 firstG5383 among them, does not acceptG1926 22what we sayG1473. 10For thisG3778 reasonG1223, 23ifG1437 I comeG2064, I will callG5279 attentionG5279 to his deedsG2041 whichG3739 he doesG4160, unjustlyG5396 accusingG5396 us with maliciousG4190 wordsG3056; and not satisfiedG714 with thisG3778, he himselfG846 does not 24receiveG1926 the 25brothersG80 eitherG3777, and he forbidsG2967 thoseG3588 who wantG1014 to do so and 26putsG1544 them outG1544 of the churchG1577.

11BelovedG27, 27do not imitateG3401 whatG2556 isG2556 evilG2556, but whatG18 isG18 goodG18. 28The one who doesG15 whatG15 isG15 goodG15 is of GodG2316; 29the one who doesG2554 whatG2554 isG2554 evilG2554 has not seenG3708 GodG2316. 12DemetriusG1216 30has receivedG3140 aG3140 good testimonyG3140 from everyoneG3956, and from the truthG225 itselfG846; and we testifyG3140 tooG2532, and 31you knowG3609 that our testimonyG3141 is trueG227.

13 32I hadG2192 manyG4183 thingsG4183 to writeG1125 to you, but I do not wantG2309 to writeG1125 to you with penG2563 and inkG3189; 14but I hopeG1679 to seeG3708 you shortlyG2112, and we will speakG2980 33faceG4750 to faceG4750.

34PeaceG1515 be to you. The friendsG5384 greetG782 you. GreetG782 the friendsG5384 35by 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 I.e., give them whatever they might need for the journey ↩
14. 3 John 1:6 Acts 15:3; Titus 3:13 ↩
15. 3 John 1:6 Col 1:10; 1 Thess 2:12 ↩
16. 3 John 1:7 John 15:21; Acts 5:41; Phil 2:9 ↩
17. 3 John 1:7 Acts 20:33, 35 ↩
18. 3 John 1:8 Or receive as guests ↩
19. 3 John 1:8 Or become fellow ↩
20. 3 John 1:8 Or for ↩
21. 3 John 1:9 2 John 9 ↩
22. 3 John 1:9 Lit us ↩
23. 3 John 1:10 2 John 12 ↩
24. 3 John 1:10 2 John 10; 3 John 5 ↩
25. 3 John 1:10 Acts 1:15; Gal 6:10; 3 John 3, 5 ↩
26. 3 John 1:10 John 9:34 ↩
27. 3 John 1:11 Ps 34:14; 37:27 ↩
28. 3 John 1:11 1 John 2:29; 3:10 ↩
29. 3 John 1:11 1 John 3:6 ↩
30. 3 John 1:12 Acts 6:3; 1 Tim 3:7 ↩
31. 3 John 1:12 John 19:35; 21:24 ↩
32. 3 John 1:13 2 John 12 ↩
33. 3 John 1:14 Lit mouth to mouth ↩
34. 3 John 1:14 John 20:19, 21, 26; Eph 6:23; 1 Pet 5:14 ↩
35. 3 John 1:14 John 10:3 ↩