1 The elder, to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in
2 Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.
3 For I rejoiced exceedingly
4 I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.
5 Dear friend, you act faithfully
6 They have testified
7 For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans.
8 Therefore we ought to support such
9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first
10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to
11 Dear friend, do not imitate
12 Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. And we also testify
13 I have many things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you by means of ink and pen.
14 But I hope to see you right away, and to speak
15 Peace