The third pistel off S. Ihon
- 1:1
- The senior{elder} unto the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
- 1:2
- Wellbeloved I wish in all things that thou prosperedest and faredest well, even as thy soul prospereth.
- 1:3
- I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth{trueth} that is in thee, how thou in troth walkest.{walkest in trouthe.}
- 1:4
- I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.|trueth|
- 1:5
- Dearly beloved thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
- 1:6
- which bare witness of thy love before all the congregation. Which brethren when thou bringest forwards on their journey (as it beseemeth God) thou shalt do well:
- 1:7
- because that for his name's sake they went forth, and took nothing of the gentiles.
- 1:8
- We therefore ought to receive such, that we also might be helpers to the truth.
- 1:9
- I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not,
- 1:10
- wherefore if I come I will declare his deeds which he doeth jesting on us with malicious words, neither is therewith content. Not only he himself receiveth not the brethren: but also he forbiddeth them that would, and thrusteth them out of the congregation.
- 1:11
- Dearly beloved counterfeit{follow} not that which is evil, but that which is good: He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth evil seeth not God.
- 1:12
- Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth. (congregation) Yea and we ourselves also bear record, and ye know that our record is true.
- 1:13
- I have many things to write: But I will not with pen and ink write unto thee.
- 1:14
- For I trust I {shortly see thee, and we} shall speak mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The lovers salute thee. Greet the lovers by name.
Here endeth the third epistle off saint Ihon