3 John 1 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
1 Ὁ πρεσβύτερος Γαΐῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ, ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.
2 Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.
2 Ἀγαπητέ, περὶ πάντων εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν, καθὼς εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή.
3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.
3 ἐχάρην γὰρ λίαν ἐρχομένων ἀδελφῶν καὶ μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, καθὼς σὺ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατεῖς.
4 I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.
4 μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν, ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα.
5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
5 Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ εἰς τοὺς ξένους,
6 Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,
6 οἳ ἐμαρτύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας, οὓς καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ.
7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.
7 ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐξῆλθον, μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνικῶν.
8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
8 ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ἀπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.
9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.
9 Ἔγραψα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἀλλ᾽ ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρεφὴς οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς.
10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.
10 διὰ τοῦτο, ἐὰν ἔλθω, ὑπομνήσω αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ, λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς· καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους κωλύει καὶ [ἐκ] τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει.
11 Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
11 Ἀγαπητέ, μὴ μιμοῦ τὸ κακόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀγαθόν. ὁ ἀγαθοποιῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν· ὁ κακοποιῶν οὐχ ἑώρακε τὸν Θεόν.
12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.
12 Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας· καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστι.
13 I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:
13 Πολλὰ εἶχον γράφειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράψαι·
14 For I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Greete the friends by name.
14 ἐλπίζω δὲ εὐθέως ἰδεῖν σε, καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσομεν.
15 Not in this translation
15 εἰρήνη σοι. ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι. ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ᾽ ὄνομα.
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Demetrius
Spoken well of by everyone and by the truth itself, commended in John's letter.
Cited in the guide: 3 John 12
Diotrephes
A man who loved to be first in the church, refused to welcome the brothers, and slandered John.
Cited in the guide: 3 John 9
Gaius
A beloved believer commended by John for walking in the truth and showing hospitality to traveling brothers.
Cited in the guide: 3 John 1
Cross references (14)
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- 1 1 John 3:18; Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:14; Acts 19:29; 2 John 1–13
- 2 2 Peter 1:3–9; 2 Peter 3:18; Colossians 1:4–6; 1 Peter 4:8; Psalm 20:1–5
- 3 2 John 4; 1 Thessalonians 3:6–9; Psalm 119:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:19–20; Romans 1:8–9
- 4 Galatians 4:19; Proverbs 23:24; 2 Timothy 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Kings 20:3
- 5 Galatians 6:10; Luke 12:42; Luke 16:10–12; Colossians 3:17; Matthew 24:45
- 6 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Acts 15:3; Titus 3:13; Philemon 5–7; Colossians 1:10
- 7 2 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Kings 5:15–16; Revelation 2:3; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 11:7–9
- 8 1 Corinthians 3:5–9; 1 Corinthians 16:10–11; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Philippians 4:3; 2 Corinthians 8:23
- 9 Titus 1:7–16; Luke 22:24–27; Matthew 23:4–8; Luke 9:48; Mark 9:34
- 10 Isaiah 66:5; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 10:8; Luke 6:22; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 11 Isaiah 1:16–17; Psalm 37:27; Ephesians 5:1; 1 Peter 3:11; 1 Peter 3:13
- 12 1 Timothy 3:7; John 21:24; Acts 10:22; Acts 22:12; John 19:35
- 13 2 John 12
- 14 Genesis 43:23; Ephesians 6:23; Romans 16:1–16; Daniel 4:1; Galatians 5:16
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