| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This letter is from John, the elder. I am writing to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. Caring for the Lord’s Workers |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the evil accusations he is making against us. Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, as does the truth itself. We ourselves can say the same for him, and you know we speak the truth. Conclusion |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to write it with pen and ink. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk face to face. [15] Peace be with you. Your friends here send you their greetings. Please give my personal greetings to each of our friends there. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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