1This letter is from John, the elder①. I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children②, whom I love in the truth—as does everyone else who knows the truth—/ ①Greek From the elder ②Or the church God has chosen and its membersG4245G1588G2959G2532G846G5043G3739G1473G25G1722G225G2532G3756G1473G3441G235G2532G3956G1097G2252because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever.G1223G225G3588G3306G1722G2254G2532G2071G3326G2257G1519G1653Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.G5485G2071G3326G5216G1656G1515G3844G2316G3962G2532G3844G2962G2424G5547G5207G3962G1722G225G2532G26
Live in the Truth
4How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded.G5463G3029G3754G2147G1537G4675G5043G4043G1722G225G2531G2983G1785G3844G39625I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.G2532G3568G2065G4571G2959G3756G5613G1125G1125G2537G1785G4671G235G3739G2192G575G746G2443G25G2406Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.G2532G3778G2076G26G2443G4043G2596G846G1785G3778G2076G1785G2443G2531G191G575G746G4043G1722G8467I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.G3754G4183G4108G1525G1519G2889G3588G3670G3361G2424G5547G2064G1722G4561G3778G2076G4108G2532G5008Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.G991G1438G3363G622G3363G3739G2038G235G618G4134G34089Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.G3956G3845G2532G3306G3361G1722G1322G5547G2192G3756G2316G3306G1722G1322G5547G3778G2192G2532G3962G2532G520710If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don't invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement.G1536G2064G1536G5100G4314G5209G2532G5342G3756G5026G1322G2983G846G3361G1519G3614G2532G3361G3004G846G546311Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work.G1063G3004G846G5463G2841G846G4190G2041
Conclusion
12I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.G2192G4183G1125G5213G1014G3756G1223G5489G2532G3188G235G1679G2064G4314G5209G2532G2980G4750G4314G4750G2443G2257G5479G5600G413713Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God.G5043G4675G1588G79G782G4571G281
Greetings
1This letter is from John, the elder. I am writing to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.G4245G27G1050G3739G1473G25G1722G2252Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.G27G2172G4012G3956G4571G2137G2532G5198G2531G4675G5590G21373Some 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.G1063G5463G3029G80G2064G2532G3140G225G4675G2531G4771G4043G1722G2254I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.G2192G3756G3186G5130G5479G2443G191G1699G5043G4043G1722G225
Caring for the Lord’s Workers
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.G27G4160G4103G3739G1437G2038G1519G80G2532G1519G35816They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God.G3739G3140G4675G26G1799G1577G3739G4311G516G2316G516G4160G25737For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers.G1063G5228G846G3686G5228G1831G2983G3367G575G14848So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.G2249G3767G3784G618G5108G2443G1096G4904G2259I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.G1125G1577G235G1361G3588G5383G846G1926G2248G375610When 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.G1223G5124G1437G2064G5279G846G2041G3739G4160G5396G2248G4190G3056G2532G3361G714G1909G5125G3777G1926G846G1926G80G2532G2967G1014G2532G1544G1537G157711Dear 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.G27G3401G3361G2556G235G18G15G2076G1537G2316G1161G2554G3708G3756G3708G231612Everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, as does the truth itself. We ourselves can say the same for him, and you know we speak the truth.G1216G3140G5259G3956G2532G5259G225G846G1161G2532G2249G3140G2532G1492G3754G2257G3141G2076G227
Conclusion
13I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink.G2192G4183G1125G235G2309G3756G1223G3188G2532G2563G1125G467114For I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk face to face.G1161G1679G1492G2112G1492G4571G2532G2980G4750G4314G4750G1515G4671G5384G782G4571G782G5384G2596G368615Peace be with you. Your friends here send you their greetings. Please give my personal greetings to each of our friends there.
Dublin, OH
, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.G2532
