\id 3JN  
\h 3 John 
\toc1 3 John 
\toc2 3 John 
\mt1 3 John  
\c 1  
\s1 Introduction and Thanksgiving  
\p
\v 1  \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w elder|strong="G4245"\w*, \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* dear brother, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w in|strong="G1722"\w* truth.  
\v 2  Dear friend, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G2172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w health|strong="G5198"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3029"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* truth, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G4043"\w* \w according|strong="G4043"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth.   
\p
\v 4  \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hear \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G4043"\w* \w according|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth.   
\s1 The Charge to Gaius  
\p
\v 5  Dear friend, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* demonstrate \w faithfulness|strong="G4103"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers (\w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w strangers|strong="G3581"\w*).  
\v 6  \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* love \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w send|strong="G4311"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G4311"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G4311"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w manner|strong="G2316"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 7  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w* \w forth|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Name|strong="G3686"\w*,” \w accepting|strong="G2983"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w from|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* pagans.  
\v 8  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w ought|strong="G3784"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w support|strong="G5274"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w people|strong="G3767"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w coworkers|strong="G4904"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* cooperation \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth.   
\s1 Diotrephes the Troublemaker  
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\v 9  \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w Diotrephes|strong="G1361"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w loves|strong="G5383"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G5383"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w does|strong="G1926"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G1926"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w attention|strong="G5279"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* – \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4160"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* unjustified charges \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w content|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* refuses \w to|strong="G2532"\w* welcome \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers himself, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w hinders|strong="G2967"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w throws|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*!  
\v 11  Dear friend, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w imitate|strong="G3401"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w*. \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*; \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Worthy Demetrius  
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\v 12  \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth itself. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3141"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Conclusion  
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\v 13  \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w wish|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w pen|strong="G2563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ink|strong="G3188"\w*.  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* right away, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w face|strong="G4750"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w face|strong="G4750"\w*. Peace \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* friends here greet \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. Greet \w the|strong="G2532"\w* friends \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G4314"\w* name.   