3 John 1-4

International Standard Version

Greetings from John

¹ From:^[a] The Elder

To: My dear friend Gaius, whom I genuinely love.

Encouragement for Gaius

² Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy. ³ I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified about your truthfulness and how you live according to the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth.