Dual Panel1From the elder <4245>, to Gaius <1050> my dear brother <27>, whom <3739> I <1473> love <25> in <1722> truth <225>.
2Dear friend <27>, I pray <2172> that <4012> all <3956> may go well with you <4571> and <2532> that you may be in <2137> good health <5198>, just as <2531> it is well <2137> with your <4675> soul <5590>.
3For <1063> I rejoiced <5463> greatly <3029> when the brothers <80> came <2064> and <2532> testified <3140> to your <4675> truth <225>, just as <2531> you <4771> are living <4043> according to <1722> the truth <225>.
4I have <2192> no <3756> greater <3186> joy <5485> than <3186> this <5130>: to <2443> hear <191> that my <1699> children <5043> are living <4043> according to <1722> the truth <225>.
5Dear friend <27>, you demonstrate <2038> faithfulness <4103> by whatever <1437> you do <4160> for <1519> the brothers <80> (even <2532> though they are strangers <3581>).
6They have testified <3140> to your <4675> love <26> before <1799> the church <1577>. You will do <4160> well <2573> to send <4311> them on <4311> their way <4311> in a manner worthy <516> of God <2316>.
7For <1063> they have gone forth <1831> on behalf <5228> of “The Name <3686>,” accepting <2983> nothing <3367> from <575> the pagans <1482>.
8Therefore <3767> we <2249> ought <3784> to support <5274> such people <5108>, so that <2443> we become <1096> coworkers in cooperation with <4904> the truth <225>.
9I wrote <1125> something <5100> to the church <1577>, but <235> Diotrephes <1361>, who loves to be first <5383> among them <846>, does <1926> not <3756> acknowledge <1926> us <2248>.
10Therefore <5124>, if <1437> I come <2064>, I will call attention <5279> to the deeds <2041> he is doing <4160>– the bringing of unjustified charges against <5396> us <2248> with evil <4190> words <3056>! And <2532> not <3361> being content <714> with <1909> that <5125>, he not <3777> only refuses to welcome <1926> the brothers <80> himself, but <2532> hinders <2967> the people who want to do so <1014> and <2532> throws <1544> them out <1537> of the church <1577>!
11Dear friend <27>, do <3401> not <3361> imitate <3401> what is bad <2556> but <235> what is good <18>. The one who does good <15> is <1510> of <1537> God <2316>; the one who does what is bad <2554> has <3708> not <3756> seen <3708> God <2316>.
12Demetrius <1216> has been testified to <3140> by <5259> all <3956>, even <2532> by <5259> the truth <225> itself <846>. We <2249> also <2532> testify <3140> to him, and <2532> you know <1492> that <3754> our <2257> testimony <3141> is <1510> true <227>.
13I have <2192> many things <4183> to write <1125> to you <4671>, but <235> I do <2309> not <3756> wish <2309> to write <1125> to you <4671> with <1223> pen <2563> and <2532> ink <3188>.
14But <1161> I hope <1679> to see <1492> you <4571> right away <2112>, and <2532> we will speak <2980> face <4750> to <4314> face <4750>. Peace <1515> be with you <4671>. The friends here <5384> greet <782> you <4571>. Greet <782> the friends <5384> there by <2596> name <3686>.