1 L|strong="G3739"'aîné à|strong="G1722" Gaius|strong="G1050", le|strong="G1722" bien-aimé|strong="G1722", que|strong="G3739" j|strong="G1473"'aime|strong="G3588" en|strong="G1722" vérité|strong="G1722".
2 Bien-aimés|strong="G3588", je|strong="G2532" prie pour|strong="G2532" que|strong="G2532" vous|strong="G2532" prospériez en|strong="G2532" toutes|strong="G3956" choses|strong="G3588" et|strong="G2532" que|strong="G2532" vous|strong="G2532" soyez|strong="G2532" en|strong="G2532" bonne|strong="G2532" santé|strong="G5198", comme|strong="G2531" votre|strong="G2532" âme|strong="G5590" prospère|strong="G2137".
3 Car|strong="G1063" j|strong="G2532"'ai|strong="G2532" éprouvé|strong="G5463" une|strong="G2532" grande|strong="G3029" joie|strong="G5463" lorsque|strong="G2532" des|strong="G2532" frères|strong="G2532" sont|strong="G3588" venus|strong="G2064" et|strong="G2532" ont|strong="G3588" témoigné|strong="G3140" de|strong="G2532" ta|strong="G2532" vérité|strong="G1722", comme|strong="G2531" toi|strong="G4771" tu|strong="G4771" marches|strong="G4043" dans|strong="G1722" la|strong="G2532" vérité|strong="G1722".
4 Je|strong="G2443" n|strong="G3756"'ai|strong="G2192" pas|strong="G3756" de|strong="G1722" plus|strong="G3756" grande|strong="G3173" joie|strong="G5479" que|strong="G2443" celle-là : entendre|strong="G1722" parler|strong="G1722" de|strong="G1722" mes|strong="G1699" enfants|strong="G5043" qui|strong="G3588" marchent|strong="G4043" dans|strong="G1722" la|strong="G1722" vérité|strong="G1722".
5 Bien-aimés|strong="G3588", vous|strong="G2532" faites|strong="G4160" une|strong="G2532" œuvre|strong="G2532" fidèle|strong="G4103" dans|strong="G1519" tout|strong="G2532" ce|strong="G3739" que|strong="G3739" vous|strong="G2532" accomplissez pour|strong="G1519" ceux|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" sont|strong="G3588" frères|strong="G2532" et|strong="G2532" étrangers|strong="G3581".
6 Ils|strong="G3739" ont|strong="G3588" témoigné|strong="G3140" de|strong="G3588" ton|strong="G3588" amour devant|strong="G1799" l|strong="G3739"'assemblée|strong="G1577". Vous|strong="G3739" ferez|strong="G4160" bien|strong="G2573" de|strong="G3588" les|strong="G3739" envoyer en|strong="G3588" voyage|strong="G4311" d'une|strong="G4160" manière digne|strong="G4771" de|strong="G3588" Dieu|strong="G2316",
7 car|strong="G1063" c|strong="G1063"'est|strong="G3588" à|strong="G3588" cause du|strong="G3686" Nom|strong="G3686" qu|strong="G1063"'ils|strong="G1063" sont|strong="G3588" sortis|strong="G1831", sans|strong="G3367" rien|strong="G3367" prendre|strong="G2983" des|strong="G3588" païens|strong="G1482".
8 Nous|strong="G2249" devons|strong="G3784" donc|strong="G3767" les|strong="G3767" accueillir|strong="G3767", afin|strong="G2443" d|strong="G2443"'être|strong="G1096" des|strong="G1096" compagnons|strong="G4904" de|strong="G3588" travail pour|strong="G2443" la|strong="G3767" vérité.
9 J|strong="G1473"'ai|strong="G3588" écrit|strong="G1125" à|strong="G3588" l|strong="G3588"'assemblée|strong="G1577", mais Diotrèphe|strong="G1361", qui|strong="G3588" aime|strong="G3588" à|strong="G3588" être|strong="G3756" le|strong="G3756" premier|strong="G5383" parmi|strong="G5383" eux|strong="G3756", n|strong="G3756"'accepte pas|strong="G3756" ce|strong="G3588" que|strong="G3588" nous|strong="G2249" disons.
10 C|strong="G3778"'est|strong="G3588" pourquoi|strong="G1223", si|strong="G1437" je|strong="G1473" viens|strong="G2064", j|strong="G1473"'appellerai l|strong="G3739"'attention sur|strong="G1909" les|strong="G2532" actes|strong="G2041" qu|strong="G3739"'il|strong="G2532" commet|strong="G4160", en|strong="G2532" nous|strong="G2249" accusant injustement par|strong="G1223" des|strong="G2532" paroles|strong="G3056" méchantes. Non|strong="G3361" content|strong="G3361" de|strong="G2532" cela|strong="G2532", il|strong="G2532" ne|strong="G2532" reçoit|strong="G1926" pas|strong="G3361" lui-même|strong="G3739" les|strong="G2532" frères|strong="G2532", et|strong="G2532" ceux|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" le|strong="G2532" veulent|strong="G1014", il|strong="G2532" les|strong="G2532" interdit et|strong="G2532" les|strong="G2532" chasse|strong="G1544" de|strong="G2532" l|strong="G3739"'assemblée|strong="G1577".
11 Bien-aimés|strong="G3588", n|strong="G3756"'imitez|strong="G3401" pas|strong="G3756" ce|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" est|strong="G3588" mauvais|strong="G2556", mais ce|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" est|strong="G3588" bon|strong="G1537". Celui|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" fait|strong="G3588" le|strong="G3756" bien|strong="G1510" est|strong="G3588" de|strong="G1537" Dieu|strong="G2316". Celui|strong="G3588" qui|strong="G3588" fait|strong="G3588" le|strong="G3756" mal|strong="G2556" n|strong="G3756"'a|strong="G2316" pas|strong="G3756" vu|strong="G3708" Dieu|strong="G2316".
12 Démétrius|strong="G1216" a|strong="G2532" le|strong="G2532" témoignage|strong="G3140" de|strong="G2532" tous|strong="G3956", et|strong="G2532" de|strong="G2532" la|strong="G2532" vérité|strong="G2532" elle-même|strong="G2532" ; oui, nous|strong="G2249" aussi|strong="G2532" nous|strong="G2249" témoignons, et|strong="G2532" vous|strong="G2532" savez|strong="G1492" que|strong="G3754" notre|strong="G2532" témoignage|strong="G3140" est|strong="G3588" vrai|strong="G3588".
13 J|strong="G2532"'avais|strong="G2192" beaucoup|strong="G4183" de|strong="G2532" choses|strong="G4183" à|strong="G2532" vous|strong="G2532" écrire|strong="G1125", mais|strong="G2532" je|strong="G2532" ne|strong="G3756" veux|strong="G2309" pas|strong="G3756" vous|strong="G2532" écrire|strong="G1125" avec|strong="G2532" de|strong="G2532" l|strong="G2532"'encre|strong="G3188" et|strong="G2532" une|strong="G2532" plume|strong="G2563" ;
14 mais|strong="G1161" j|strong="G1161"'espère|strong="G1679" vous|strong="G2532" voir|strong="G3708" bientôt|strong="G2112". Nous|strong="G2532" nous|strong="G2532" parlerons|strong="G2980" alors|strong="G2532" face à|strong="G2532" face.