'The1elder2to the4beloved5Gaius,3whom6I7love8in9truth.10 Beloved,1I pray4thatall3may go well6with2you5and7that youmay be in good health,8as9it goes well with10your11soul.13 For2I rejoiced1greatly3when4the brothers5came4and6testified to7your8truth,10as indeed11you12are walking15in13the truth.14 I have4no3greater1joy5than1to hear67thatmy9children10are walking14in11the12truth.13 Beloved,1it isa faithful2thing4you do3in all5your efforts6for7these8brothers,9strangers12[as they are],11 who1testified to2your3love5before6the church.7You will do10well9to send11them8on their journey11in a manner worthy12of God.14 For2they have gone out5for the sake of1the3name,4accepting7nothing6from8the9Gentiles.10 Therefore2we1ought3to support4people like these,56that7we may be9fellow workers8for the10truth11. I have written1something2to the3church,4but5Diotrephes,9who likes to put himself first,7doesnot10acknowledge11our [authority].12 So12if3I come,4I will bring up5what9he6is doing,10talking wicked1112nonsense against13us.14And15not16content17with18that,19he21refuses to20welcome22the23brothers,24and also25stops28those26who want to27and29puts [them] out33of30the31church.32 Beloved,1donot2imitate3evil5but6imitategood.8Whoever does good910is14from11God;13whoever does evil1516has18not17seen18God.20 Demetrius1has received a good testimony2from3everyone,4and5from6the8truth9itself.7We11also10add our testimony,13and14you know15that16our19testimony18is21true.20 I had2much1to write3to you,4but5I would7rathernot6write13with8pen11and10ink.9 I hope1to see5you4soon,3and6we will talk10face7to8face.9 Peace1beto you.2The5friends6greet3you.4Greet7the8friends,9each by10name.11