: 3John   1

 : 1 .  The elder <4245 - presbuteros - > unto the wellbeloved 
<0027 - agapetos - > Gaius <1050 - Gaios - > ,  whom <3739 - hos 
- > I love <0025 - agapao - > in the truth <0225 - aletheia - > .
 

 : 2  Beloved <0027 - agapetos - > ,  I wish <2172 - euchomai - 
> above <4012 - peri - > all <3956 - pas - > things that thou 
mayest prosper <2137 - euodoo - > and be in health <5198 - 
hugiaino - > ,  even <2531 - kathos - > as thy soul <5590 - 
psuche - > prospereth <2137 - euodoo - > . 

 : 3 .  For I rejoiced <5463 - chairo - > greatly <3029 - lian - 
> ,  when the brethren <0080 - adephos - > came <2064 - erchomai 
- > and testified <3140 - martureo - > of the truth <0225 - 
aletheia - > that is in thee ,  even <2531 - kathos - > as thou 
walkest <4043 - peripateo - > in the truth <0225 - aletheia - > .
 

 : 4  I have <2192 - echo - > no <3756 - ou - > greater <3186 - 
meizoteros - > joy <5479 - chara - > than to hear <0191 - akouo -
 > that my children <5043 - teknon - > walk <4043 - peripateo - 
> in truth <0225 - aletheia - > . 

 : 5  Beloved <0027 - agapetos - > ,  thou doest <4160 - poieo - 
> faithfully <4103 - pistos - > whatsoever <1437 - ean - > thou 
doest <4160 - poieo - > to the brethren <0080 - adephos - > ,  
and to strangers <3581 - xenos - > ; 

 : 6  Which <3739 - hos - > have borne witness <3140 - martureo -
 > of thy charity <0026 - agape - > before <1799 - enopion - > 
the church <1577 - ekklesia - > :  whom <3739 - hos - > if thou 
bring <4311 - propempo - > forward <4311 - propempo - > on their 
journey after <0516 - axios - > a godly <2316 - theos - > sort 
<0516 - axios - > ,  thou shalt do <4160 - poieo - > well <2573 -
 kalos - > : 

 : 7  Because <1063 - gar - > that for his name s <3686 - onoma -
 > sake they went <1831 - exerchomai - > forth <1831 - 
exerchomai - > ,  taking <2983 - lambano - > nothing <3367 - 
medeis - > of the Gentiles <1484 - ethnos - > . 

 : 8  We therefore <3767 - oun - > ought <3784 - opheilo - > to 
receive <0618 - apolambano - > such <5108 - toioutos - > ,  that 
we might be fellowhelpers <4904 - sunergos - > to the truth 
<0225 - aletheia - > . 

 : 9 .  I wrote <1125 - grapho - > unto the church <1577 - 
ekklesia - > :  but Diotrephes <1361 - Diotrephes - > ,  who 
<3588 - ho - > loveth <5383 - philoproteuo - > to have the 
preeminence <5383 - philoproteuo - > among <1722 - en - > them , 
 receiveth <1926 - epidechomai - > us not . 

 : 10  Wherefore <3739 - hos - > ,  if <1437 - ean - > I come 
<2064 - erchomai - > ,  I will remember <5279 - hupomimnesko - > 
his deeds <2041 - ergon - > which <3739 - hos - > he doeth <4160 
- poieo - > ,  prating <5396 - phluareo - > against <5396 - 
phluareo - > us with malicious <4190 - poneros - > words <3056 - 
logos - > :  and not content <0714 - arkeo - > therewith <5125 - 
toutois - > ,  neither <3777 - oute - > doth he himself <0846 - 
autos - > receive <1926 - epidechomai - > the brethren <0080 - 
adephos - > ,  and forbiddeth <2967 - koluo - > them that would 
<1014 - boo - lom - ahee - > ,  and casteth <1544 - ekballo - >  
[ them ]  out of the church <1577 - ekklesia - > . 

 : 11  Beloved <0027 - agapetos - > ,  follow <3401 - mimeomai - 
> not that which is evil <2556 - kakos - > ,  but that which is 
good <0018 - agathos - > .  He that doeth <0015 - agathopoieo - 
> good <0015 - agathopoieo - > is of God <2316 - theos - > :  
but he that doeth <2554 - kakopoieo - > evil <2554 - kakopoieo - 
> hath not seen <3780 - ouchi - > God <2316 - theos - > . 

 : 12 .  Demetrius <1216 - Demetrios - > hath good report <3140 -
 martureo - > of all <3956 - pas - >  [ men ]  ,  and of the 
truth <0225 - aletheia - > itself <0846 - autos - > :  yea <1161 
- de - > ,  and we  [ also <2532 - kai - > ]  bear record <3140 -
 martureo - > ;  and ye know <1492 - eido - > that our record 
<3141 - marturia - > is true <0227 - alethes - > . 

 : 13  I had <2192 - echo - > many <4183 - polus - > things to 
write <1125 - grapho - > ,  but I will <2309 - thelo - > not 
with ink <3188 - melan - > and pen <2563 - kalamos - > write 
<1125 - grapho - > unto thee : 

 : 14  But I trust <1679 - elpizo - > I shall shortly <2112 - 
eutheos - > see <1492 - eido - > thee ,  and we shall speak 
<2980 - laleo - > face <4750 - stoma - > to face <4750 - stoma - 
> .  Peace <1515 - eirene - >  [ be ]  to thee .   [ Our ]  
friends <5384 - philos - > salute <0782 - aspazomai - > thee .  
Greet <0782 - aspazomai - > the friends <5384 - philos - > by 
name <3686 - onoma - > . 






 

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