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"WHEN HE HAS TESTED ME I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD"
Peter said in his first letter that trials come so that your faith - which is of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by the fire - may be proved genuine and may result in praise glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. Job also realised that when his test was over he would come out refined like gold.
To refine gold it must be heated to 1100 degrees Celsius. At this temperature it becomes 99.996% pure. The last metal to be refined from gold is silver. In our lives often the last things to be refined are the most precious things in our lives. If gold is overheated past 1100 degrees Celsius it will ruin and so the refiner must sit and watch the gold. When he can see his own image in it, he knows that his work is done. This is how we are refined too. Our faith is tried by our trials. Yet God is watching to see that the heat of our pressures do not become too hot and we break because we cannot take any more. He tries us to refine out our impurities until we reflect his perfect image. Give thanks for your trials, knowing that God is refining you and making you pure.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
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1. Then Job <347> answered <6030>(8799) and said <559>(8799),
2. Even to day <3117> is my complaint <7879> bitter <4805>: my stroke <3027> is heavier <3513>(8804) than my groaning <585>.
3. Oh that <5414>(8799) I knew <3045>(8804) where I might find <4672>(8799) him! that I might come <935>(8799) even to his seat <8499>!
4. I would order <6186>(8799) my cause <4941> before <6440> him, and fill <4390>(8762) my mouth <6310> with arguments <8433>.
5. I would know <3045>(8799) the words <4405> which he would answer <6030>(8799) me, and understand <995>(8799) what he would say <559>(8799) unto me.
6. Will he plead <7378>(8799) against <5978> me with his great <7230> power <3581>? No; but he would put <7760>(8799) strength in me.
7. There the righteous <3477> might dispute <3198>(8737) with him; so should I be delivered <6403>(8762) for ever <5331> from my judge <8199>(8802).
8. Behold, I go <1980>(8799) forward <6924>, but he is not there; and backward <268>, but I cannot perceive <995>(8799) him:
9. On the left hand <8040>, where he doth work <6213>(8800), but I cannot behold <2372>(8799) him: he hideth <5848>(8799) himself on the right hand <3225>, that I cannot see <7200>(8799) him:
10. But he knoweth <3045>(8804) the way <1870> that I take <5978>: when he hath tried <974>(8804) me, I shall come forth <3318>(8799) as gold <2091>.
11. My foot <7272> hath held <270>(8804) his steps <838>, his way <1870> have I kept <8104>(8804), and not declined <5186>(8686).
12. Neither have I gone back <4185>(8686) from the commandment <4687> of his lips <8193>; I have esteemed <6845>(8804) the words <561> of his mouth <6310> more than my necessary <2706> food.
13. But he is in one <259> mind, and who can turn <7725>(8686) him? and what his soul <5315> desireth <183>(8765), even that he doeth <6213>(8799).
14. For he performeth <7999>(8686) the thing that is appointed <2706> for me: and many <7227> such <2007> things are with him.
15. Therefore am I troubled <926>(8735) at his presence <6440>: when I consider <995>(8709), I am afraid <6342>(8799) of him.
16. For God <410> maketh my heart <3820> soft <7401>(8689), and the Almighty <7706> troubleth <926>(8689) me:
17. Because I was not cut off <6789>(8738) before <6440> the darkness <2822>, neither hath he covered <3680>(8765) the darkness <652> from my face <6440>.
1. Why, seeing times <6256> are not hidden <6845>(8738) from the Almighty <7706>, do they that know <3045>(8802) him not see <2372>(8804) his days <3117>?
2. Some remove <5381>(8686) the landmarks <1367>; they violently take away <1497>(8804) flocks <5739>, and feed <7462>(8799) thereof.
3. They drive away <5090>(8799) the ass <2543> of the fatherless <3490>, they take <2254> <0> the widow's <490> ox <7794> for a pledge <2254>(8799).
4. They turn <5186>(8686) the needy <34> out of the way <1870>: the poor <6041>(8675) <6035> of the earth <776> hide <2244>(8795) themselves together <3162>.
5. Behold, as wild asses <6501> in the desert <4057>, go they forth <3318>(8804) to their work <6467>; rising betimes <7836>(8764) for a prey <2964>: the wilderness <6160> yieldeth food <3899> for them and for their children <5288>.
6. They reap <7114>(8799)(8675) <7114>(8686) every one his corn <1098> in the field <7704>: and they gather <3953>(8762) the vintage <3754> of the wicked <7563>.
7. They cause the naked <6174> to lodge <3885>(8686) without clothing <3830>, that they have no covering <3682> in the cold <7135>.
8. They are wet <7372>(8799) with the showers <2230> of the mountains <2022>, and embrace <2263>(8765) the rock <6697> for want of a shelter <4268>.
9. They pluck <1497>(8799) the fatherless <3490> from the breast <7699>, and take a pledge <2254>(8799) of the poor <6041>.
10. They cause him to go <1980>(8765) naked <6174> without clothing <3830>, and they take away <5375>(8804) the sheaf <6016> from the hungry <7457>;
11. Which make oil <6671>(8686) within <996> their walls <7791>, and tread <1869>(8804) their winepresses <3342>, and suffer thirst <6770>(8799).
12. Men <4962> groan <5008>(8799) from out of the city <5892>, and the soul <5315> of the wounded <2491> crieth out <7768>(8762): yet God <433> layeth <7760>(8799) not folly <8604> to them.
13. They are of those that rebel <4775>(8802) against the light <216>; they know <5234>(8689) not the ways <1870> thereof, nor abide <3427>(8804) in the paths <5410> thereof.
14. The murderer <7523>(8802) rising <6965>(8799) with the light <216> killeth <6991>(8799) the poor <6041> and needy <34>, and in the night <3915> is as a thief <1590>.
15. The eye <5869> also of the adulterer <5003>(8802) waiteth <8104>(8804) for the twilight <5399>, saying <559>(8800), No eye <5869> shall see <7789>(8799) me: and disguiseth <5643> <7760>(8799) his face <6440>.
16. In the dark <2822> they dig through <2864>(8804) houses <1004>, which they had marked <2856>(8765) for themselves in the daytime <3119>: they know <3045>(8804) not the light <216>.
17. For the morning <1242> is to them even as <3162> the shadow of death <6757>: if one know <5234>(8686) them, they are in the terrors <1091> of the shadow of death <6757>.
18. He is swift <7031> as the waters <6440> <4325>; their portion <2513> is cursed <7043>(8792) in the earth <776>: he beholdeth <6437>(8799) not the way <1870> of the vineyards <3754>.
19. Drought <6723> and heat <2527> consume <1497>(8799) the snow <7950> waters <4325>: so doth the grave <7585> those which have sinned <2398>(8804).
20. The womb <7358> shall forget <7911>(8799) him; the worm <7415> shall feed sweetly <4988>(8804) on him; he shall be no more remembered <2142>(8735); and wickedness <5766> shall be broken <7665>(8735) as a tree <6086>.
21. He evil entreateth <7462>(8802) the barren <6135> that beareth <3205>(8799) not: and doeth not good <3190>(8686) to the widow <490>.
22. He draweth <4900>(8804) also the mighty <47> with his power <3581>: he riseth up <6965>(8799), and no man is sure <539>(8686) of life <2416>.
23. Though it be given <5414>(8799) him to be in safety <983>, whereon he resteth <8172>(8735); yet his eyes <5869> are upon their ways <1870>.
24. They are exalted <7426>(8804) for a little while <4592>, but are gone and brought low <4355>(8717); they are taken out <7092>(8735) of the way <1870> as all other, and cut off <5243>(8799) as the tops <7218> of the ears of corn <7641>.
25. And if it be not so now <645>, who will make <7760>(8799) me a liar <3576>(8686), and make <7760>(8799) my speech <4405> nothing worth <408>?
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Zechariah prophesied about God's dealings with Jerusalem and his people Israel from the end of the Babylonian captivity to the return of Christ. We should look for references and echoes elsewhere, and try to understand the symbols used.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Michael
It appears that Zechariah died a violent death at the hands of the Jews who returned from Babylon. This was after faithlessness had set in again among the people. Jesus spoke of "the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the alter", which would be required of the men of His generation because they had filled up the iniquity of their fathers (Matt 23:35-36)
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2006 Reply to John
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1. In the eighth <8066> month <2320>, in the second <8147> year <8141> of Darius <1867>, came the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto Zechariah <2148>, the son <1121> of Berechiah <1296>, the son <1121> of Iddo <5714> the prophet <5030>, saying <559>(8800),
2. The LORD <3068> hath been sore <7110> displeased <7107>(8804) with your fathers <1>.
3. Therefore say <559>(8804) thou unto them, Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; Turn <7725>(8798) ye unto me, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, and I will turn <7725>(8799) unto you, saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.
4. Be ye not as your fathers <1>, unto whom the former <7223> prophets <5030> have cried <7121>(8804), saying <559>(8800), Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; Turn <7725>(8798) ye now from your evil <7451> ways <1870>, and from your evil <7451> doings <4611>: but they did not hear <8085>(8804), nor hearken <7181>(8689) unto me, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
5. Your fathers <1>, where are they? and the prophets <5030>, do they live <2421>(8799) for ever <5769>?
6. But my words <1697> and my statutes <2706>, which I commanded <6680>(8765) my servants <5650> the prophets <5030>, did they not take hold <5381>(8689) of your fathers <1>? and they returned <7725>(8799) and said <559>(8799), Like as the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> thought <2161>(8804) to do <6213>(8800) unto us, according to our ways <1870>, and according to our doings <4611>, so hath he dealt <6213>(8804) with us.
7. Upon the four <702> and twentieth <6242> day <3117> of the eleventh <6249> <6240> month <2320>, which is the month <2320> Sebat <7627>, in the second <8147> year <8141> of Darius <1867>, came the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto Zechariah <2148>, the son <1121> of Berechiah <1296>, the son <1121> of Iddo <5714> the prophet <5030>, saying <559>(8800),
8. I saw <7200>(8804) by night <3915>, and behold a man <376> riding <7392>(8802) upon a red <122> horse <5483>, and he stood <5975>(8802) among the myrtle trees <1918> that were in the bottom <4699>; and behind <310> him were there red <122> horses <5483>, speckled <8320>, and white <3836>.
9. Then said <559>(8799) I, O my lord <113>, what are these? And the angel <4397> that talked <1696>(8802) with me said <559>(8799) unto me, I will shew <7200>(8686) thee what these be.
10. And the man <376> that stood <5975>(8802) among the myrtle trees <1918> answered <6030>(8799) and said <559>(8799), These are they whom the LORD <3068> hath sent <7971>(8804) to walk <1980>(8692) to and fro through the earth <776>.
11. And they answered <6030>(8799) the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> that stood <5975>(8802) among the myrtle trees <1918>, and said <559>(8799), We have walked to and fro <1980>(8694) through the earth <776>, and, behold, all the earth <776> sitteth still <3427>(8802), and is at rest <8252>(8802).
12. Then the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> answered <6030>(8799) and said <559>(8799), O LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, how long wilt thou not have mercy <7355>(8762) on Jerusalem <3389> and on the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, against which thou hast had indignation <2194>(8804) these threescore and ten <7657> years <8141>?
13. And the LORD <3068> answered <6030>(8799) the angel <4397> that talked <1696>(8802) with me with good <2896> words <1697> and comfortable <5150> words <1697>.
14. So the angel <4397> that communed <1696>(8802) with me said <559>(8799) unto me, Cry <7121>(8798) thou, saying <559>(8800), Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; I am jealous <7065>(8765) for Jerusalem <3389> and for Zion <6726> with a great <1419> jealousy <7068>.
15. And I am very <1419> sore <7110> displeased <7107>(8804) with the heathen <1471> that are at ease <7600>: for I was but a little <4592> displeased <7107>(8802), and they helped <5826>(8804) forward the affliction <7451>.
16. Therefore thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068>; I am returned <7725>(8804) to Jerusalem <3389> with mercies <7356>: my house <1004> shall be built <1129>(8735) in it, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, and a line <6957>(8675) <6961> shall be stretched forth <5186>(8735) upon Jerusalem <3389>.
17. Cry <7121>(8798) yet, saying <559>(8800), Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; My cities <5892> through prosperity <2896> shall yet be spread abroad <6327>(8799); and the LORD <3068> shall yet comfort <5162>(8765) Zion <6726>, and shall yet choose <977>(8804) Jerusalem <3389>.
18. Then lifted I up <5375>(8799) mine eyes <5869>, and saw <7200>(8799), and behold four <702> horns <7161>.
19. And I said <559>(8799) unto the angel <4397> that talked <1696>(8802) with me, What be these? And he answered <559>(8799) me, These are the horns <7161> which have scattered <2219>(8765) Judah <3063>, Israel <3478>, and Jerusalem <3389>.
20. And the LORD <3068> shewed <7200>(8686) me four <702> carpenters <2796>.
21. Then said <559>(8799) I, What come <935>(8802) these to do <6213>(8800)? And he spake <559>(8799), saying <559>(8800), These are the horns <7161> which have scattered <2219>(8765) Judah <3063>, so that <6310> no man <376> did lift up <5375>(8804) his head <7218>: but these are come <935>(8799) to fray <2729>(8687) them, to cast out <3034>(8763) the horns <7161> of the Gentiles <1471>, which lifted up <5375>(8802) their horn <7161> over the land <776> of Judah <3063> to scatter <2219>(8763) it.
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3John v.9 - The temper and spirit of Diotrephes was full of pride and ambition. It is bad not to do good ourselves; but it is worse to hinder those who would do good. Those who have been deemed worthy of ecclesial responsibilities must heed these words that are spoken here, lest they too fall into this condemnation.
Peter [UK] Comment added in 2001 Reply to Peter
2John:12 John desired to meet with Gaius rather than just write. How much more personal is a visit when compared with a letter. Often we, when there is a problem or disagreement, we write to the brother rather than talk to him. John's comment is an indication of what we know already - that it is better to talk face to face.
3John:10 'prating against us with malicious words' quotes Matthew 5:11 so John informs us that even brethren who speak critically in the ecclesia can be like those who persecute the believers.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
3John 2 Gaius was a man whose life was given to the truth, and the prayer of the Apostle was that the blessing of God might continue with him in all the circumstances of his life, both physically and spiritually, as it had been up to the present time.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to John
TRUTH & LOVE
Truth and love are frequently discussed in our world, but seldom practised. Our world is filled with its words - popular songs, greeting cards, romantic novels and such like shower us with idyllic visions of love. Yet, real love is scare to find.
Christ alone was the manifestation of God's truth and love as manifested in human nature. The apostle John had seen truth & love firsthand - he had been with the Lord Jesus Christ. As we reflect on these few paragraphs penned by the wise & aged follower of Christ, let us recommit ourselves to being a person of truth, of love, and of obedience to the Lord.
Peter Dulis [toronto west] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Peter
3John 1:3-8 A fleshly reason for serving others is human pride. However our reason should be different. The objective is to associate ourselves with the work of the gospel.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to Peter
2:1; 3:1 John was called an elder. That designation was both spiritual and physical., for John was a very old man (probably 90 years old) when he wrote these letters in about 90 AD. Not long afterwards, he was exiled to the Isle of Patmos where he penned Revelation. It is probable that John was the only apostle to die a natural death, while the others were killed violently.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2008 Reply to Michael
3John 1:6 Word had got to John about the generosity of Gaius. Clearly the Father also knew. However the important thing is that people noticed. If John knew Gaius neighbours doubtless also knew. His life was an example of the believers which may have influenced his neighbours.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Peter
1:5 The testimony that John gives of Gaius can apply to any believer, no matter how small their contribution as long as it is given faithfully and with total commitment as their service to God. Such a testimony, then, can be made of many who seem so insignificant in our church meetings.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2012 Reply to Peter
3John 1:9,10.
V. 10 - "So if I come, I will call attention to what he (Diotrephes) is doing." What might John have been insinuating will happen to Diotrephes if and when he comes?
It sounds as though John is using his position as an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ as an impetus to make the situation better in Gaius' ecclesia - by either convincing Diotrephes that he is wrong and needs to change - and if that's not successful, disfellowship from their midst would be the next step. A couple of New Testament passages come to mind that may have some bearing on this one. One is Matt 18:15-18 where the negative end result in major ecclesial situations when all efforts to correct a major ongoing sinner have failed is disfellowship (v. 17). Jesus then adds in v. 18 -
"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
The binding probably equates to the positive solution to the problem where there is a successful intervention and the appropriate repentance occurs. The loosing likely equates to the excommunication of the brother in the case where he fails to own up to his ongoing major sins.
Another passage is Paul's words in Rom. 16 which reads -
"Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple." (vv. 17,18)
There is some major irony involved in Paul's instruction here to keep away from those who are causing divisions and putting obstacles in the ecclesia's way to what they have learned. For, if followed to its natural conclusion, the "putting away" of those who are "causing divisions" would create more divisions, wouldn't it? But this irony didn't prevent Paul from instructing in the way he did. And so the same might be said about John's insinuation concerning Diotrephes. For along with his major sins of pride and malicious gossip were those of refusing to fellowship brethren that should have been welcomed. And, worse still, his own attempted disfellowship of those who disagreed with him and wanted to welcome the visiting brethren! The latter is what has been termed in our age "block disfellowship" or "contamination by association", a horrible sin based on a twisted and wrong understanding of fellowship. The dogma has been carried so far as to declare: "I disapprove of Bro. So-and-So 10,000 miles away, and since you have not repudiated everyone of the ecclesias with which his ecclesia is associated, I emphatically repudiate you also. You are not my brother in Christ."
All, though, could be prevented if after receiving John's letter, Gaius and his fellow brethren got busy trying to get Diotrephes to repent and start doing the right things and he humbly did so. Or if John does come, and Diotrephes listens and responds well to him. Hopefully that was the case, but we don't know since this is the only mention of him in Scripture.
Wes Booker [South Austin Texas USA] Comment added in 2012 Reply to Wes
3John 1:9 The human mind is very deceitful. One can assume that Diotrophes would not have seen his behaviour as anything but totally acceptable to God. He is a powerful warning to those of us who might appear to have a high profile amongst those we meet with.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Peter
3John 1:3 Contending for the faith is not an excuse for vitriolic arguments with others. There are a number of reasons why we should contend for the faith. Maybe the most important from a personal perspective is that we ensure that we spend time with faithful believers. It error abounds then our company with such individuals will, eventually, damage us. Paul says this in 1Cor 15:33.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2017 Reply to Peter
3John 1:3None of us lives for our own pleasure. We are to please our heavenly Father. Doubtless we are all aware of this. But do we rejoice when we see others doing things that we recognised will please God?
And having seen such individuals do we try to imitate the things that they do? It may be that they have found things to do that we have not even considered.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2024 Reply to Peter
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1. The elder <4245> unto the elect <1588> lady <2959> and <2532> her <846> children <5043>, whom <3739> I <1473> love <25>(5719) in <1722> the truth <225>; and <2532> not <3756> I <1473> only <3441>, but <235> also <2532> all <3956> they that have known <1097>(5761) the truth <225>;
2. For <1223> the truth's sake <225>, which <3588> dwelleth <3306>(5723) in <1722> us <2254>, and <2532> shall be <2071>(5704) with <3326> us <2257> for <1519> ever <165>.
3. Grace <5485> be <2071>(5704) with <3326> you <5216>, mercy <1656>, and peace <1515>, from <3844> God <2316> the Father <3962>, and <2532> from <3844> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, the Son <5207> of the Father <3962>, in <1722> truth <225> and <2532> love <26>.
4. I rejoiced <5463>(5644) greatly <3029> that <3754> I found <2147>(5758) of <1537> thy <4675> children <5043> walking <4043>(5723) in <1722> truth <225>, as <2531> we have received <2983>(5627) a commandment <1785> from <3844> the Father <3962>.
5. And <2532> now <3568> I beseech <2065>(5719) thee <4571>, lady <2959>, not <3756> as though <5613> I wrote <1125>(5719)(5625) <1125>(5723) a new <2537> commandment <1785> unto thee <4671>, but <235> that which <3739> we had <2192>(5707) from <575> the beginning <746>, that <2443> we love <25>(5725) one another <240>.
6. And <2532> this <3778> is <2076>(5748) love <26>, that <2443> we walk <4043>(5725) after <2596> his <846> commandments <1785>. This <3778> is <2076>(5748) the commandment <1785>, That <2443>, as <2531> ye have heard <191>(5656) from <575> the beginning <746>, ye should walk <4043>(5725) in <1722> it <846>.
7. For <3754> many <4183> deceivers <4108> are entered <1525>(5627) into <1519> the world <2889>, who <3588> confess <3670>(5723) not <3361> that Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> is come <2064>(5740) in <1722> the flesh <4561>. This <3778> is <2076>(5748) a deceiver <4108> and <2532> an antichrist <500>.
8. Look <991>(5720) to yourselves <1438>, that <3363> <0> we lose <622>(5661) not <3363> those things which <3739> we have wrought <2038>(5662), but <235> that we receive <618>(5632) a full <4134> reward <3408>.
9. Whosoever <3956> transgresseth <3845>(5723), and <2532> abideth <3306>(5723) not <3361> in <1722> the doctrine <1322> of Christ <5547>, hath <2192>(5719) not <3756> God <2316>. He that abideth <3306>(5723) in <1722> the doctrine <1322> of Christ <5547>, he <3778> hath <2192>(5719) both <2532> the Father <3962> and <2532> the Son <5207>.
10. If <1536> <0> there come <2064>(5736) any <1536> <5100> unto <4314> you <5209>, and <2532> bring <5342>(5719) not <3756> this <5026> doctrine <1322>, receive <2983>(5720) him <846> not <3361> into <1519> your house <3614>, neither <2532> <3361> bid <3004>(5720) him <846> God speed <5463>(5721):
11. For <1063> he that biddeth <3004>(5723) him <846> God speed <5463>(5721) is partaker <2841>(5719) of his <846> evil <4190> deeds <2041>.
12. Having <2192>(5723) many things <4183> to write <1125>(5721) unto you <5213>, I would <1014>(5675) not <3756> write with <1223> paper <5489> and <2532> ink <3188>: but <235> I trust <1679>(5719) to come <2064>(5629) unto <4314> you <5209>, and <2532> speak <2980>(5658) face <4750> to <4314> face <4750>, that <2443> our <2257> joy <5479> may be <5600>(5753) full <4137>(5772).
13. The children <5043> of thy <4675> elect <1588> sister <79> greet <782>(5736) thee <4571>. Amen <281>.
1. The elder <4245> unto the wellbeloved <27> Gaius <1050>, whom <3739> I <1473> love <25>(5719) in <1722> the truth <225>.
2. Beloved <27>, I wish <2172>(5736) above <4012> all things <3956> that thou <4571> mayest prosper <2137>(5745) and <2532> be in health <5198>(5721), even as <2531> thy <4675> soul <5590> prospereth <2137>(5743).
3. For <1063> I rejoiced <5463>(5644) greatly <3029>, when the brethren <80> came <2064>(5740) and <2532> testified <3140>(5723) of the truth <225> that is in thee <4675>, even as <2531> thou <4771> walkest <4043>(5719) in <1722> the truth <225>.
4. I have <2192>(5719) no <3756> greater <3186> <5130> joy <5479> than to <2443> hear <191>(5719) that my <1699> children <5043> walk <4043>(5723) in <1722> truth <225>.
5. Beloved <27>, thou doest <4160>(5719) faithfully <4103> whatsoever <1437> thou doest <2038>(5667) to <1519> the brethren <80>, and <2532> to <1519> strangers <3581>;
6. Which <3739> have borne witness <3140>(5656) of thy <4675> charity <26> before <1799> the church <1577>: whom <3739> if thou bring forward on their journey <4311>(5660) after <516> <0> a godly <2316> sort <516>, thou shalt do <4160>(5692) well <2573>:
7. Because that <1063> for <5228> <0> his <846> name's <3686> sake <5228> they went forth <1831>(5627), taking <2983>(5723) nothing <3367> of <575> the Gentiles <1484>.
8. We <2249> therefore <3767> ought <3784>(5719) to receive <618>(5721) such <5108>, that <2443> we might be <1096>(5741) fellowhelpers <4904> to the truth <225>.
9. I wrote <1125>(5656) unto the church <1577>: but <235> Diotrephes <1361>, who <3588> loveth to have the preeminence <5383>(5723) among them <846>, receiveth <1926>(5736) us <2248> not <3756>.
10. Wherefore <1223> <5124>, if <1437> I come <2064>(5632), I will remember <5279>(5692) his <846> deeds <2041> which <3739> he doeth <4160>(5719), prating against <5396>(5723) us <2248> with <3056> malicious words <4190>: and <2532> not <3361> content <714>(5746) therewith <1909> <5125>, neither <3777> doth <1926> <0> he himself <846> receive <1926>(5736) the brethren <80>, and <2532> forbiddeth <2967>(5719) them that would <1014>(5740), and <2532> casteth <1544>(5719) them out of <1537> the church <1577>.
11. Beloved <27>, follow <3401>(5737) not <3361> that which is evil <2556>, but <235> that which is good <18>. He that doeth good <15>(5723) is <2076>(5748) of <1537> God <2316>: but <1161> he that doeth evil <2554>(5723) hath <3708> <0> not <3756> seen <3708>(5758) God <2316>.
12. Demetrius <1216> hath good report <3140>(5769) of <5259> all <3956> men, and <2532> of <5259> the truth <225> itself <846>: yea <1161>, and <2532> we <2249> also bear record <3140>(5719); and <2532> ye know <1492>(5758) that <3754> our <2257> record <3141> is <2076>(5748) true <227>.
13. I had <2192>(5707) many things <4183> to write <1125>(5721), but <235> I will <2309>(5719) not <3756> with <1223> ink <3188> and <2532> pen <2563> write <1125>(5658) unto thee <4671>:
14. But <1161> I trust <1679>(5719) I shall <1492> <0> shortly <2112> see <1492>(5629) thee <4571>, and <2532> we shall speak <2980>(5692) face <4750> to <4314> face <4750>. Peace <1515> be to thee <4671>. Our friends <5384> salute <782>(5736) thee <4571>. Greet <782>(5737) the friends <5384> by <2596> name <3686>.