1
The
elder
unto
the
wellbeloved
Gaius,
whom
I
love
in
the
truth.
2
Beloved,
I
wish
above
all
things
that
thou
mayest
prosper
and
be
in
health,
even
as
thy
soul
prospereth.
3
For
I
rejoiced
greatly,
when
the
brethren
came
and
testified
of
the
truth
that
is
in
thee,
even
as
thou
walkest
in
the
truth.
4
I
have
no
greater
joy
than
to
hear
that
my
children
walk
in
truth.
5
Beloved,
thou
doest
faithfully
whatsoever
thou
doest
to
the
brethren,
and
to
strangers;
6
Which
have
borne
witness
of
thy
charity
before
the
church:
whom
if
thou
bring
forward
on
their
journey
after
a
godly
sort,
thou
shalt
do
well:
7
Because
that
for
his
name’s
sake
they
went
forth,
taking
nothing
of
the
Gentiles.
8
We
therefore
ought
to
receive
such,
that
we
might
be
fellowhelpers
to
the
truth.
9
I
wrote
unto
the
church:
but
Diotrephes,
who
loveth
to
have
the
preeminence
among
them,
receiveth
us
not.
10
Wherefore,
if
I
come,
I
will
remember
his
deeds
which
he
doeth,
prating
against
us
with
malicious
words:
and
not
content
therewith,
neither
doth
he
himself
receive
the
brethren,
and
forbiddeth
them
that
would,
and
casteth
[them]
out
of
the
church.
11
Beloved,
follow
not
that
which
is
evil,
but
that
which
is
good.
He
that
doeth
good
is
of
God:
but
he
that
doeth
evil
hath
not
seen
God.
12
Demetrius
hath
good
report
of
all
[men],
and
of
the
truth
itself:
yea,
and
we
[also]
bear
record;
and
ye
know
that
our
record
is
true.
13
I
had
many
things
to
write,
but
I
will
not
with
ink
and
pen
write
unto
thee:
14
But
I
trust
I
shall
shortly
see
thee,
and
we
shall
speak
face
to
face.
Peace
[be]
to
thee.
[Our]
friends
salute
thee.
Greet
the
friends
by
name.