OET interlinear 3 YHN (3 JHN) 1:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-blessing

εἰρήνη σοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰρήνη σοί Ἀσπάζονται σέ οἱ φιλοῖ Ἀσπάζου τούς φίλους κατʼ ὄνομα)

John ends his letter with a blessing for Gaius. You could express this as either a blessing or a prayer, in whichever way is more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [May God give you peace]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰρήνη σοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰρήνη σοί Ἀσπάζονται σέ οἱ φιλοῖ Ἀσπάζου τούς φίλους κατʼ ὄνομα)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [May God make you peaceful]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰρήνη σοί Ἀσπάζονται σέ οἱ φιλοῖ Ἀσπάζου τούς φίλους κατʼ ὄνομα)

John assumes that Gaius will understand that by The friends in this instance, he means the believers who are with him. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [The believers with me send their greetings to you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰρήνη σοί Ἀσπάζονται σέ οἱ φιλοῖ Ἀσπάζου τούς φίλους κατʼ ὄνομα)

John assumes that Gaius will understand that when he says the friends in this instance, he is referring to the believers who are there with Gaius. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Greet the believers there for us]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

κατ’ ὄνομα

by name

Here, by name is an idiom that means “personally.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [one by one] or [personally]