约翰三书
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
1 做长老的写信给亲爱的该犹，就是我诚心所爱的。 2 亲爱的兄弟啊，我愿你凡事兴盛，身体健壮，正如你的灵魂兴盛一样。 3 有弟兄来，证明你心里存的真理，正如你按真理而行，我就甚喜乐。 4 我听见我的儿女们按真理而行，我的喜乐就没有比这个大的。
该犹厚待客旅
5 亲爱的兄弟啊，凡你向做客旅之弟兄所行的，都是忠心的。 6 他们在教会面前证明了你的爱。你若配得过神，帮助他们往前行，这就好了。 7 因他们是为主的名[a]出外，对于外邦人一无所取。 8 所以我们应该接待这样的人，叫我们与他们一同为真理做工。
9 我曾略略地写信给教会，但那在教会中好为首的丢特腓不接待我们。 10 所以我若去，必要提说他所行的事，就是他用恶言妄论我们；还不以此为足，他自己不接待弟兄，有人愿意接待他也禁止，并且将接待弟兄的人赶出教会。
行善的属乎神
11 亲爱的兄弟啊，不要效法恶，只要效法善。行善的属乎神，行恶的未曾见过神。 12 低米丢行善，有众人给他作见证，又有真理给他作见证。就是我们也给他作见证，你也知道我们的见证是真的。
13 我原有许多事要写给你，却不愿意用笔墨写给你， 14 但盼望快快地见你，我们就当面谈论。 15 愿你平安！众位朋友都问你安。请你替我按着姓名问众位朋友安。
Footnotes
- 约翰三书 1:7 原文作：那名。
3 John
Living Bible
1 From: John, the Elder.
To: Dear Gaius, whom I truly love.
2 Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is. 3 Some of the brothers traveling by have made me very happy by telling me that your life stays clean and true and that you are living by the standards of the Gospel. 4 I could have no greater joy than to hear such things about my children.
5 Dear friend, you are doing a good work for God in taking care of the traveling teachers and missionaries who are passing through. 6 They have told the church here of your friendship and your loving deeds. I am glad when you send them on their way with a generous gift. 7 For they are traveling for the Lord and take neither food, clothing, shelter, nor money from those who are not Christians, even though they have preached to them. 8 So we ourselves should take care of them in order that we may become partners with them in the Lord’s work.
9 I sent a brief letter to the church about this, but proud Diotrephes, who loves to push himself forward as the leader of the Christians there, does not admit my authority over him and refuses to listen to me. 10 When I come I will tell you some of the things he is doing and what wicked things he is saying about me and what insulting language he is using. He not only refuses to welcome the missionary travelers himself but tells others not to, and when they do he tries to put them out of the church.
11 Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do what is right prove that they are God’s children; and those who continue in evil prove that they are far from God. 12 But everyone, including Truth itself, speaks highly of Demetrius. I myself can say the same for him, and you know I speak the truth.
13 I have much to say, but I don’t want to write it, 14 for I hope to see you soon and then we will have much to talk about together. 15 So good-bye for now. Friends here send their love, and please give each of the folks there a special greeting from me.
Sincerely, John
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