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3 John
Christian Standard Bible
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.
3 Jan
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
3 Jan
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
1 Se mwen menm, Ansyen[a] an, k ap salye w, Gayis,
zanmi byeneme m nan.
2 Mwen swete tout bagay ap mache byen pou ou, menm jan nanm ou gen bon sante a. 3 Sa fè m kontan anpil lè kèk frè kretyen te vizite m epi yo te di m ou ap kenbe fèm nan verite a.[b] 4 Pa gen anyen pou ta fèm pi kontan pase lè m tande pitit mwen yo ap mache daprè verite a.
5 Byeneme, se yon bon bagay pou nou kontinye ede kwayan yo, menm si se moun ou pa menm konnen. 6 Yo temwanye devan legliz la kijan nou genyen lanmou. Tanpri ede frè yo kontinye vwayaj la yon fason ki fè lwanj pou Bondye. 7 Paske yo pati pou fè lwanj pou Kris, san yo pa aksepte anyen nan men moun ki pa kwè yo. 8 Se poutèt sa, nou ta dwe resevwa moun konsa. Lè sa a, nou vin kolaboratè avèk yo nan travay y ap fè pou verite a.
9 Mwen te ekri legliz la yon lèt. Men, Dyotrèf ki pran tèt pou yon lidè, li refize resevwa l. 10 Pou rezon sa a, lè m a rive bò kote nou m va devwale tout vye zak l ap fè yo. Non sèlman li pa resevwa moun yo, men li menm anpeche lòt moun resevwa yo. Li menm ap eseye mete yo deyò nan legliz la.
11 Zanmi m, pa imite sa ki mal. Imite sa ki bon. Nenpòt moun ki fè sa ki byen se pitit Bondye li ye. Men moun k ap fè sa ki mal pa t janm konnen Bondye.
12 Tout moun yo nan legliz la ap bay bon temwayaj pou Demetriyis. Temwayaj sa a dakò ak verite a. Epi nou menm tou n ap bay temwayaj pou li. Ou konnen sa n ap di yo se verite a.
13 Mwen genyen anpil bagay pou m ta ekri voye ban nou. Men m pa vle ekri yo ak plim epi ak lank. 14 M swete pa twò lontan mwen ka vin wè nou, lè sa a n a pale fasafas. 15 M ap priye Bondye pou li ban nou kè poze. Zanmi yo voye bonjou pou ou. Di chak zanmi m yo endividyèlman mwen voye salye yo.
3 John
New International Version
3 John
New International Version
1 The elder,(A)
To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 It gave me great joy when some believers(B) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(C) 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(D) are walking in the truth.(E)
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](F) even though they are strangers to you.(G) 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way(H) in a manner that honors(I) God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name(J) that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.(K) 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come,(L) I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers.(M) He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.(N)
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.(O) Anyone who does what is good is from God.(P) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.(Q) 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone(R)—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.(S)
13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.(T)
15 Peace to you.(U) The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.(V)
Footnotes
- 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
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