1:1 The
elder
to
the
beloved
Gaius,
whom
I
love
in
truth.
1:2 Beloved,
I
pray
that
all
may
go
well
with
you
and
that
you
may
be
in
good
health,
as
it
goes
well
with
your
soul.
1:3 For
I
rejoiced
greatly
when
the
brothers
came
and
testified
to
your
truth,
as
indeed
you
are
walking
in
the
truth.
1:4 I
have
no
greater
joy
than
to
hear
that
my
children
are
walking
in
the
truth.
1:5 Beloved,
it
is
a
faithful
thing
you
do
in
all
your
efforts
for
these
brothers,
strangers
as
they
are,
1:6 who
testified
to
your
love
before
the
church.
You
will
do
well
to
send
them
on
their
journey
in
a
manner
worthy
of
God.
1:7 For
they
have
gone
out
for
the
sake
of
the
name,
accepting
nothing
from
the
Gentiles.
1:8 Therefore
we
ought
to
support
people
like
these,
that
we
may
be
fellow
workers
for
the
truth.
1:9 I
have
written
something
to
the
church,
but
Diotrephes,
who
likes
to
put
himself
first,
does
not
acknowledge
our
authority.
1:10 So
if
I
come,
I
will
bring
up
what
he
is
doing,
talking
wicked
nonsense
against
us.
And
not
content
with
that,
he
refuses
to
welcome
the
brothers,
and
also
stops
those
who
want
to
and
puts
them
out
of
the
church.
1:11 Beloved,
do
not
imitate
evil
but
imitate
good.
Whoever
does
good
is
from
God;
whoever
does
evil
has
not
seen
God.
1:12 Demetrius
has
received
a
good
testimony
from
everyone,
and
from
the
truth
itself.
We
also
add
our
testimony,
and
you
know
that
our
testimony
is
true.
1:13 I
had
much
to
write
to
you,
but
I
would
rather
not
write
with
pen
and
ink.
1:14 I
hope
to
see
you
soon,
and
we
will
talk
face
to
face.
1:15 Peace
be
to
you.
The
friends
greet
you.
Greet
the
friends,
every
one
of
them.