\NormalFont\ShortTitle{3 John}

{\MT ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Γ΄



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{\MM \VerseOne{1}Ὁ πρεσβύτερος, Γαΐῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ, ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Ἀγαπητέ, περὶ πάντων εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν, καθὼς εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή.

\VS{3}Ἐχάρην γὰρ λίαν, ἐρχομένων ἀδελφῶν καὶ μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς σὺ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατεῖς.

\VS{4}Μειζοτέραν τούτων\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{τουτων
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ταυτης [10\%]}}} οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{εν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ048{\SUP{v}} [97\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 τη A,B,C{\SUP{v}} [3\%] NU}}} ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.


\par }{\SH Gaius is commended
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{\PP \VS{5}Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ εἰς τοὺς\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:5 }{\FT{εις τους
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (90.1\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP [2 (1.9\%)] ¦ τουτο ℵA,B,C,048 (7.4\%) NU ¦ two other variants (0.6\%) (Is the reading of the eclectic text not inferior?)}}} ξένους

\VS{6}οἳ ἐμαρτύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας—οὓς καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ,

\VS{7}ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ Ὀνόματος\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:7 }{\FT{ονοματος
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 αυτου [15\%] (AV’s TR)}}} ἐξῆλθον, μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:7 }{\FT{εθνων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (88.3\%) RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ εθνικων ℵA,B(C)048 (11.7\%) OC,NU}}}

\VS{8}Ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ἀπολαμβάνειν\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:8 }{\FT{απολαμβανειν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (91.8\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υπολαμβανειν ℵA,B,C,048 (7.2\%) NU ¦ λαμβανειν (0.6\%) ¦ two other variants (0.4\%)}}} τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:8 }{\FT{γινωμεθα
{\IT{rell}} ¦ γενωμεθα 048 [30\%] CP ¦ γινομεθα C [3\%]}}} τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.


\par }{\SH Diotrephes is criticized
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{\PP \VS{9}Ἔγραψα\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:9 }{\FT{εγραψα
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} C [88\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 τι ℵA(B) [2\%] NU ¦ 1 αν 048 [10\%]}}} τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρεφὴς οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς.

\VS{10}Διὰ τοῦτο, ἐὰν ἔλθω, ὑπομνήσω\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:10 }{\FT{υπομνησω
{\IT{rell}} ¦ υπομνησων CP}}} αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ, λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς. Καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις, οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους κωλύει, καὶ ἐκ\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:10 }{\FT{εκ
{\IT{rell}} ¦ — ℵ048 [20\%]}}} τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει.


\par }{\SH Demetrius is commended
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{\PP \VS{11}Ἀγαπητέ, μὴ μιμοῦ τὸ κακόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀγαθόν. Ὁ ἀγαθοποιῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{δε
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [25\%] TR ¦ — ℵA,B,C,048 [75\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU (Would not John, a Jew, be more likely to write the conjunction?)}}} κακοποιῶν οὐχ ἑώρακεν τὸν Θεόν.

\VS{12}Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων—καὶ ὑπ᾿\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:12 }{\FT{ὑπ
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,B,048 [99\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υπο ℵC [1\%] NU}}} αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας. Καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ οἴδαμεν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:12 }{\FT{οιδαμεν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (23\%) CP ¦ οιδατε (61.5\%) RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ οιδας ℵA,B,C,048 (15.1\%) NU ¦ οιδα (0.4\%) (Soden mentions
{\BD{K}}{\SUP{r}} once in 2 John but not at all in 3 John, when he definitely should have. In 3 John 12
{\IT{TuT}} lists
{\BD{ALL}} 78 basic
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} MSS (±0 to ±3) for οιδαμεν, but Soden does not mention
{\BD{K}}{\SUP{r}} in support of this variant. Since he doesn’t mention
{\BD{K}}{\SUP{r}} anywhere in 3 John, we should not trust his silence. The first person was unexpected and was changed to the expected second person—in the context I would say that the singular is a ‘better’ correction than the plural.)}}} ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστιν.


\par }{\SH Farewell
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{\PP \VS{13}Πολλὰ εἶχον γράφειν,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{γραφειν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [85\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ γραψαι σοι ℵA,B,C(048{\SUP{v}}) [11\%] NU ¦ 1 σοι [4\%]}}} ἀλλ᾿ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράψαι·\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{σοι γραψαι
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [85\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 γραφειν ℵB,C [3\%] NU ¦ ~ γραφειν 1 A,048 [8\%] ¦ ~ 21 [4\%]}}}

\VS{14}ἐλπίζω δὲ εὐθέως ἰδεῖν σε,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:14 }{\FT{ιδειν σε
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ (95\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 A,B,C,048 (4.8\%) NU ¦ 1 (0.2\%)}}} καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσομεν.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:14 }{\FT{λαλησομεν
{\IT{rell}} ¦ λαλησωμεν [20\%] ¦ λαλησαι [1\%] ¦ λαλησαι σοι [2\%]}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Εἰρήνη σοι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι. Ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ᾿ ὄνομα.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:15 }{\FT{ονομα
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 αμην [13\%] CP [See the last footnote in Jude.]}}}


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