约翰三书
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
问安
1 我[a]这做长老的，
致蒙爱的盖尤斯，就是我在真理中所爱的：
2 蒙爱的人哪，我愿你凡事安顺，身体健康，正如你的灵魂[b]安顺。 3 有些弟兄来到这里，见证了你对真理的忠信[c]，就是你怎样在真理中行事[d]，这使我极其欢喜。 4 听到我的儿女在真理中行事[e]，我的喜乐没有比这更大的了。
接待神的工人
5 蒙爱的人哪，你为弟兄们，尤其是为异乡的弟兄们所做的，都是忠心的。 6 他们在教会面前见证了你的爱。你如果以神喜悦的方式送他们上路，就做得很好了， 7 因为他们为了基督的名[f]出去，并没有从外邦人接受什么。 8 所以，我们应该帮助这样的人，好让我们为真理成为同工[g]。
迪奥特菲与迪米特斯
9 我写了信给教会，但是他们中那喜欢为首的迪奥特菲不接纳我们。 10 所以，如果我来了，我一定要提起他所做的事，就是他用坏话污蔑我们；而且他在这些事上还不满足，不但自己不接纳弟兄们，也阻止那些愿意接纳的人，甚至把他们赶出教会。
11 蒙爱的人哪，不要效法恶，而要效法善。那行善的属于神；那作恶的未曾看见神。 12 迪米特斯受到了大家的赞许，也得了真理本身的赞许；我们也为他做见证，而且你知道我们的见证是真实的。
信末的问候
13 我有很多话要写给你，但不愿意用笔墨写给你。 14 我希望立刻见到你，并且面对面交谈。
15 愿你平安！朋友们都问候你。请你一一提名问候各位朋友。
3 John
Christian Standard Bible
Greeting
1 The elder:(A)
To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.(B)
2 Dear friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and are in good health,(C) just as your whole life is going well.[a] 3 For I was very glad when fellow believers came and testified(D) to your fidelity to the truth—how you are walking in truth.(E) 4 I have no greater joy(F) than this: to hear that my children(G) are walking in truth.
Gaius Commended
5 Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers. 6 They have testified to your love before the church.(H) You will do well to send them on their journey(I) in a manner worthy of God,(J) 7 since they set out for the sake of the Name,(K) accepting nothing from pagans.[b](L) 8 Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be coworkers with the truth.
Diotrephes and Demetrius
9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them,(M) does not receive our authority.(N) 10 This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering(O) us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome fellow believers, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil,(P) but what is good. The one who does good is of God;(Q) the one who does evil has not seen God.(R) 12 Everyone speaks well of Demetrius—even the truth itself. And we also speak well of him, and you know(S) that our testimony is true.(T)
Farewell
13 I have many things to write you, but I don’t want to write to you with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
15 Peace to you. The friends send you greetings. Greet the friends by name.
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