| 1 | The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius , whom I love in the truth . |
| 2 | Beloved , I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health , even as thy soul prospereth . |
| 3 | For I rejoiced greatly , when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee , even as thou walkest in the truth . |
| 4 | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth . |
| 5 | Beloved , thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren , and to strangers ; |
| 6 | Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church : whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort , thou shalt do well : |
| 7 | Because that for his name's sake they went forth , taking nothing of the Gentiles . |
| 8 | We therefore ought to receive such , that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth . |
| 9 | I wrote unto the church : but Diotrephes , who loveth to have the preeminence among them , receiveth us not . |
| 10 | Wherefore , if I come , I will remember his deeds which he doeth , prating against us with malicious words : and not content therewith , neither doth he himself receive the brethren , and forbiddeth them that would , and casteth [them] out of the church . |
| 11 | Beloved , follow not that which is evil , but that which is good . He that doeth good is of God : but he that doeth evil hath not seen God . |
| 12 | Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the truth itself : yea , and we [also] bear record ; and ye know that our record is true . |
| 13 | I had many things to write , but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee : |
| 14 | But I trust I shall shortly see thee , and we shall speak face to face . Peace [be] to thee . [Our] friends salute thee . Greet the friends by name . |
