3 John 1

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

²Beloved, I pray that in all things you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

³For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and bore witness to your truth, just as you walk in truth.

⁴I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

⁵Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do for the brothers, even for strangers,

⁶who have testified to your love before the church; you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

⁷For they went forth for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the pagans.

⁸We therefore ought to welcome such people, so that we may become fellow workers with the truth.

⁹I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.

¹⁰Therefore, if I come, I will bring up his deeds which he is doing, babbling against us with evil words; and not being satisfied with these, he himself does not welcome the brothers, and those who wish to he hinders and throws out of the church.

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

¹²Demetrius has been testified to by all, and by the truth itself; and we ourselves also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

¹³I had many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with ink and pen;

¹⁴but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak mouth to mouth.