<vn='1'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="4245">elder</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="27">well</s> -beloved <sn="1050">Gaius</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, I <sn="2172">wish</s><sn="4012">above</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> that <sn="4571">thou</s> mayest <sn="2137">prosper</s><sn="2532">and</s> be in <sn="5198">health</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="5590">soul</s><sn="2137">prospereth</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="5463">rejoiced</s><sn="3029">greatly</s>, when the <sn="80">brethren</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3140">testified</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s> that is in <sn="4675">thee</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="4043">walkest</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>I <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="3186">greater</s><sn="5479">joy</s><sn="*5130">than</s><sn="2443">to</s><sn="191">hear</s> that <sn="1699">my</s><sn="5043">children</s><sn="4043">walk</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3739">Which</s> have borne <sn="3140">witness</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="26">charity</s><sn="1799">before</s> the <sn="1577">church</s>: <sn="3739">whom</s> if thou bring forward on their <sn="4311">journey</s> after a godly <sn="516 2316">sort</s>, thou shalt <sn="4160">do</s><sn="2573">well</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">Because</s> that for his name's <sn="5228 846 3686">sake</s> they went <sn="1831">forth</s>, <sn="2983">taking</s><sn="3367">nothing</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2249">We</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="3784">ought</s> to <sn="618">receive</s><sn="5108">such</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we might <sn="1096">be</s> fellow <sn="4904">helpers</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>I <sn="1125">wrote</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="1361">Diotrephes</s>, who loveth to have the <sn="5383">preeminence</s> among <sn="848">them</s>, <sn="1926">receiveth</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1223 5124">Wherefore</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> I <sn="2064">come</s>, I will <sn="5279">remember</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2041">deeds</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="4160">doth</s>, prating <sn="5396">against</s><sn="2248">us</s> with <sn="4190">malicious</s><sn="3056">words</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="714">content</s><sn="1909 5125">therewith</s>, <sn="3777">neither</s> doth <sn="848">he</s> himself <sn="1926">receive</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2967">forbiddeth</s> them that <sn="1014">would</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1544">casteth</s> them out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, <sn="3401">follow</s><sn="3361">not</s> that which is <sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="235">but</s> that which is <sn="18">good</s>. He that doeth <sn="15">good</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> he that doeth <sn="2554">evil</s> hath <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3708">seen</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1216">Demetrius</s> hath good <sn="3140">report</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3956">all</s> men, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="846">itself</s>: <sn="1161">yea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2249">we</s> also bear <sn="3140">record</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3141">record</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="227">true</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>I <sn="2192">had</s> many <sn="4183">things</s> to <sn="1125">write</s>, <sn="235">but</s> I <sn="2309">will</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1223">with</s><sn="3188">ink</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2563">pen</s><sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="1679">trust</s> I shall <sn="2112">shortly</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> we shall <sn="2980">speak</s> face to <sn="4750 4314 4750">face</s>. <sn="1515">Peace</s> be to <sn="4671">thee</s>. Our <sn="5384">friends</s><sn="782">salute</s><sn="4571">thee</s>. <sn="782">Greet</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5384">friends</s><sn="2596">by</s><sn="3686">name</s>. </v>