\NormalFont\ShortTitle{3 John}
{\MT John’s Third Letter

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}I,
a ruler
in
the church, send word
to
the well
loved
Gaius,
for
whom
I
have
true
love.
\VS{2}My loved
one,
it
is
my prayer
that
you
may
do
well
in
all
things,
and
be healthy
in body,
even
as
your
soul does
well.
\VS{3}For
it gave me great
joy
when
some
of
the
brothers
came
and gave
witness
that
you
had
the
true faith
and
were
walking
in
the
true
way.
\VS{4}I
have
no
greater
joy
than
to
have news
that
my
children
are
walking
in
the
true
way.
\VS{5}My loved
one,
you
are
doing
a good
work
in being kind
to
those
brothers
who come
from
other places;
\VS{6}Who
have
given
witness
to
the
church
of
your
love
for
them:
and
you
will
do
well
to
send
them
on
their
way
well cared
for,
as
is
right
for servants
of
God:
\VS{7}For
they
went
out
for love
of
the
Name,
taking
nothing
from
the
Gentiles.
\VS{8}So it
is right
for us
to
take
in
such
men
as guests,
so
that
we
may
take
our
part
in
the work
of
the
true faith.
\VS{9}I
sent
a
letter
to
the
church,
but
Diotrephes,
whose desire
is ever
to
have
the
first
place among
them,
will
not
have us there.
\VS{10}So
if
I
come,
I
will
keep
in
mind
the
things
he
does, talking
against
us
with
evil
words:
and
as
if
this
was
not
enough,
he
does
not take
the
brothers
into
his house,
and
those
who
are ready
to take
them
in,
he
keeps
from
doing
so, putting
them
out
of
the
church
if
they
do.
\VS{11}My loved
one,
do
not
be copying
what
is
evil,
but
what
is
good.
He
who
does
good
is
of
God:
he
who
does
evil
has
not
seen
God.
\VS{12}Demetrius
has
the
approval
of
all
men
and
of
what
is
true:
and
we give
the
same
witness,
and
you
are certain
that
our
witness
is
true.
\VS{13}I
had
much
to
say
to
you,
but
it
is
not
my purpose
to put
it
all
down
with
ink
and
pen:
\VS{14}But
I
am
hoping
to
see
you
in
a short time,
and
to
have talk
with
you
face
to
face.
May
you
have peace.
Your friends here send
you
their love. Give
my love
to
our friends
by name.
\par }