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3RD
JOHN
1
The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
2 Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule
prospereth.
3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth
that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.
4 I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in
veritie.
5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to
strangers,
6 Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on
their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,
7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the
Gentiles.
8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence
among them, receiueth vs not.
10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he
doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content,
neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and
thrusteth them out of the Church.
11 Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that
doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and
wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.
13 I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto
thee:
14 For I trust I shal shortly see thee, & we shal speake mouth to mouth.
Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Greete the friends by name.
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