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| 1:1 | The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth! |
| 1:2 | beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper, |
| 1:3 | for I rejoiced exceedingly, brethren coming and testifying of the truth in thee, even as thou in truth dost walk; |
| 1:4 | greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking. |
| 1:5 | Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers, |
| 1:6 | who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God, |
| 1:7 | because for `His' name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations; |
| 1:8 | we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth. |
| 1:9 | I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us; |
| 1:10 | because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast. |
| 1:11 | Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God; |
| 1:12 | to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also -- we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true. |
| 1:13 | Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee, |
| 1:14 | and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name. |
| 1:1 | The Elder vnto the beloven Gayus whom I love in ye trueth. |
| 1:2 | Beloved I wisshe in all thinges that thou prosperedest and faredest well eve as thy soule prospereth. |
| 1:3 | I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the how thou walkest in trouthe. |
| 1:4 | I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie. |
| 1:5 | Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers |
| 1:6 | which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well: |
| 1:7 | because that for his names sake they went forth and toke nothinge of the gentyls. |
| 1:8 | We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth. |
| 1:9 | I wrote vnto the congregacio: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amoge them receaveth vs not. |
| 1:10 | Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethre: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion. |
| 1:11 | 11Beloved folowe not that which is evyll but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he yt doeth evyll seith not God. |
| 1:12 | Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true. |
| 1:13 | I have many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the. |
| 1:14 | For I trust I shall shortly se the and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The lovers salute the. Grete the lovers by name. |
| 1:1 | The Elder. To the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth. |
| 1:2 | My beloued, I wysshe in all thinges, that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth. |
| 1:3 | I reioysed greatly, whan the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in ye, how thou walkest in the trueth. |
| 1:4 | I haue no greater ioye, the to heare that my childre walke in the trueth. |
| 1:5 | My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers, |
| 1:6 | which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion: and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney, worthely before God. |
| 1:7 | For because of his names sake they wente forth, and toke nothinge of the Heythen. |
| 1:8 | We therfore oughte to receaue soch, that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth. |
| 1:9 | I wrote to the congregacion, but Diotriphes, which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them, receaued vs not. |
| 1:10 | Wherfore, yf I come, I wil declare his dedes which he doeth, ieastinge vpo vs with malicious wordes: nether is he therwith cotent. Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethre, but also he forbyddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the co |
| 1:11 | My beloued, folowe not yt which is euell, but that which is good. He that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euell, seyth not God. |
| 1:12 | Demetrius hath good reporte of all men, and of the trueth: yee and we oure selues also beare recorde, and ye knowe that oure recorde is true. |
| 1:13 | I had many thinges to wryte, but I wolde not with ynke, and pen wryte vnto the. |
| 1:14 | But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name. |
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