1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
2 Beloved, I pray for thee to prosper concerning all things, and to be healthy, just as thy soul prospers.
3 For I rejoiced exceedingly of brothers coming and testifing to the truth of thee, just as thou walk in truth.
4 I have no greater joy than these things that I hear my children walking in truth.
5 Beloved, thou do a faithful thing, whatever thou work for the brothers and for strangers,
6 who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.
7 For they went forth on behalf of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
8 We therefore ought to welcome such men, so that we might become fellow workmen for the truth.
9 I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us.
10 Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them
11 Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.
12 Demetrius has been testified by all, and by the truth itself. But we also testify, and ye know that our testimony is true.
13 I had many things to write, but I did not want to write to thee by pen and ink.
14 But I hope to see thee straightaway, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
1 The Elder vnto the beloven Gayus whom I love in ye trueth.
2 Beloved I wisshe in all thinges that thou prosperedest and faredest well eve as thy soule prospereth.
3 I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the how thou walkest in trouthe.
4 I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie.
5 Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers
6 which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well:
7 because that for his names sake they went forth and toke nothinge of the gentyls.
8 We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.
9 I wrote vnto the congregacio: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amoge them receaveth vs not.
10 Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethre: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.
11 Beloved folowe not that which is evyll but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he yt doeth evyll seith not God.
12 Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true.
13 I have many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the.
14 For I trust I shall shortly se the and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The lovers salute the. Grete the lovers by name.