3 John 1 (TFTU)
1 You(sg) know me as the chief Elder. I am writing this letter to you, my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love. 2 Dear friend, I ask God that things may go well for you in every way, specifically, that you will be physically healthy just like you are spiritually healthy [MTY]. 3 I am very happy because some fellow believers have come here and told me that you conduct your life in a manner that is consistent with God’s true message. 4 I am very happy when I hear that ◄people whom I helped to believe in Christ/my spiritual children► are conducting their lives like you are! 5 Dear friend, you are serving Jesus loyally/faithfully whenever you do things to help fellow believers, even those whom you do not know, who are traveling around doing God’s work. 6 Some of them have reported before the congregation here how you have showed that you love them. You should continue to help such people in their travels in a way that is pleasing to God. 7 When those fellow believers went out to tell people about Jesus [MTY], the people who do not believe in Christ did not give them anything to help them. 8 So we who believe in Christ ought to give food and money to such people to help them as they teach others God’s true message. 9 I wrote a letter to the congregation telling them to help those fellow believers. However, Diotrephes does not ◄acknowledge my authority/pay any attention to what I wrote►, because he ◄desires to be in charge/wants to be the leader► of the congregation. 10 So, when I arrive there, I will publicly tell what he does: He tells others evil nonsense about us in order to harm us by what he says, and he is not content with only doing that. He himself refuses to receive the fellow believers who are traveling around doing God’s work, and he also stops those who want to receive them by expelling them from the congregation. 11 Dear friend, do not imitate a bad example like that. Instead, keep imitating good examples. Remember that people who do good deeds ◄truly belong to God/are spiritual children of God►, but those who do what is evil do not ◄know/have fellowship with► God. 12 All the believers who know Demetrius say that he is a good person. The fact that he conducts his life in a way that is consistent/in accordance with God’s true message shows that he is a good person, and we also say the same thing about him. You know that what we say about him is true. So it will be good if you welcome him and help him. He is the one who will be bringing this letter to you. 13 When I began to write this letter, I had much more that I intended to tell you. But now I do not want to say it in a letter [MTY]. 14 Instead, I expect to come and see you soon. Then we will talk directly with one another. 15 I pray that God will enable you to experience inner peace. Our friends here ◄send you their greetings/say that they are thinking affectionately about you► [MTY]. Tell our friends there that we ◄send our greetings to/are thinking fondly about► them.
In Other Versions
3 John 1 in the ANGEFD
3 John 1 in the ANTPNG2D
3 John 1 in the AS21
3 John 1 in the BAGH
3 John 1 in the BBPNG
3 John 1 in the BBT1E
3 John 1 in the BDS
3 John 1 in the BEV
3 John 1 in the BHAD
3 John 1 in the BIB
3 John 1 in the BLPT
3 John 1 in the BNT
3 John 1 in the BNTABOOT
3 John 1 in the BNTLV
3 John 1 in the BOATCB
3 John 1 in the BOATCB2
3 John 1 in the BOBCV
3 John 1 in the BOCNT
3 John 1 in the BOECS
3 John 1 in the BOGWICC
3 John 1 in the BOHCB
3 John 1 in the BOHCV
3 John 1 in the BOHLNT
3 John 1 in the BOHNTLTAL
3 John 1 in the BOICB
3 John 1 in the BOILNTAP
3 John 1 in the BOITCV
3 John 1 in the BOKCV
3 John 1 in the BOKCV2
3 John 1 in the BOKHWOG
3 John 1 in the BOKSSV
3 John 1 in the BOLCB
3 John 1 in the BOLCB2
3 John 1 in the BOMCV
3 John 1 in the BONAV
3 John 1 in the BONCB
3 John 1 in the BONLT
3 John 1 in the BONUT2
3 John 1 in the BOPLNT
3 John 1 in the BOSCB
3 John 1 in the BOSNC
3 John 1 in the BOTLNT
3 John 1 in the BOVCB
3 John 1 in the BOYCB
3 John 1 in the BPBB
3 John 1 in the BPH
3 John 1 in the BSB
3 John 1 in the CCB
3 John 1 in the CUV
3 John 1 in the CUVS
3 John 1 in the DBT
3 John 1 in the DGDNT
3 John 1 in the DHNT
3 John 1 in the DNT
3 John 1 in the ELBE
3 John 1 in the EMTV
3 John 1 in the ESV
3 John 1 in the FBV
3 John 1 in the FEB
3 John 1 in the GGMNT
3 John 1 in the GNT
3 John 1 in the HARY
3 John 1 in the HNT
3 John 1 in the IRVA
3 John 1 in the IRVB
3 John 1 in the IRVG
3 John 1 in the IRVH
3 John 1 in the IRVK
3 John 1 in the IRVM
3 John 1 in the IRVM2
3 John 1 in the IRVO
3 John 1 in the IRVP
3 John 1 in the IRVT
3 John 1 in the IRVT2
3 John 1 in the IRVU
3 John 1 in the ISVN
3 John 1 in the JSNT
3 John 1 in the KAPI
3 John 1 in the KBT1ETNIK
3 John 1 in the KBV
3 John 1 in the KJV
3 John 1 in the KNFD
3 John 1 in the LBA
3 John 1 in the LBLA
3 John 1 in the LNT
3 John 1 in the LSV
3 John 1 in the MAAL
3 John 1 in the MBV
3 John 1 in the MBV2
3 John 1 in the MHNT
3 John 1 in the MKNFD
3 John 1 in the MNG
3 John 1 in the MNT
3 John 1 in the MNT2
3 John 1 in the MRS1T
3 John 1 in the NAA
3 John 1 in the NASB
3 John 1 in the NBLA
3 John 1 in the NBS
3 John 1 in the NBVTP
3 John 1 in the NET2
3 John 1 in the NIV11
3 John 1 in the NNT
3 John 1 in the NNT2
3 John 1 in the NNT3
3 John 1 in the PDDPT
3 John 1 in the PFNT
3 John 1 in the RMNT
3 John 1 in the SBIAS
3 John 1 in the SBIBS
3 John 1 in the SBIBS2
3 John 1 in the SBICS
3 John 1 in the SBIDS
3 John 1 in the SBIGS
3 John 1 in the SBIHS
3 John 1 in the SBIIS
3 John 1 in the SBIIS2
3 John 1 in the SBIIS3
3 John 1 in the SBIKS
3 John 1 in the SBIKS2
3 John 1 in the SBIMS
3 John 1 in the SBIOS
3 John 1 in the SBIPS
3 John 1 in the SBISS
3 John 1 in the SBITS
3 John 1 in the SBITS2
3 John 1 in the SBITS3
3 John 1 in the SBITS4
3 John 1 in the SBIUS
3 John 1 in the SBIVS
3 John 1 in the SBT
3 John 1 in the SBT1E
3 John 1 in the SCHL
3 John 1 in the SNT
3 John 1 in the SUSU
3 John 1 in the SUSU2
3 John 1 in the SYNO
3 John 1 in the TBIAOTANT
3 John 1 in the TBT1E
3 John 1 in the TBT1E2
3 John 1 in the TFTIP
3 John 1 in the TGNTATF3T
3 John 1 in the THAI
3 John 1 in the TNFD
3 John 1 in the TNT
3 John 1 in the TNTIK
3 John 1 in the TNTIL
3 John 1 in the TNTIN
3 John 1 in the TNTIP
3 John 1 in the TNTIZ
3 John 1 in the TOMA
3 John 1 in the TTENT
3 John 1 in the UBG
3 John 1 in the UGV
3 John 1 in the UGV2
3 John 1 in the UGV3
3 John 1 in the VBL
3 John 1 in the VDCC
3 John 1 in the YALU
3 John 1 in the YAPE
3 John 1 in the YBVTP
3 John 1 in the ZBP
