Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 3 John
Excerpt
Book 64 3 John
001:001 The Elder to his dear friend Gaius. Truly I love
you.
001:002 My dear friend, I pray that you may in all respects
prosper
and enjoy good
health, just as your soul already prospers.
001:003 For it is an intense joy to me when brethren come and bear
witness
to your fidelity to
the truth—that you live in obedience
to the
truth.
001:004 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are
living
in obedience to the
truth.
001:005 My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your
behaviour
towards the
brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
001:006 They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your
love;
and you will do
well to help them on their journey in a manner
worthy of your
fellowship with God.
001:007 For it is for Christ that they have gone forth, accepting
nothing
from the
Gentiles.
001:008 It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such
men,
so that we may be
fellow workers in promoting the truth.
001:009 I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to
have
the first place
among them, refuses to listen to us.
001:010 For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his
conduct,
nor his idle and
mischievous talk against us. And he does
not stop
there: he not only will not receive the brethren,
but those who
desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them
from the
Church.
001:011 My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right
ones.
He who habitually
does what is right is a child of God:
he who habitually
does what is wrong has not seen God.
001:012 The character of Demetrius has the approval of all
men,
and of the truth
itself. We also express our approval of it,
and you know that
we only give our approval to that which is true.
001:013 I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to
go
on writing it with
ink and pen.
001:014 But I hope to see you very soon, and then we will speak
face to face.
Peace be with
you. Our friends send greetings to you.
Greet our friends
individually.
