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Chapter 1
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Глава 1
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| The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. | |
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| Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. | |
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| For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth. | |
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| Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in truth. | |
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| Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward the brethren and toward strangers; | |
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| who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God: | |
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| because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. | |
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| We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. | |
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| I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. | |
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| Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth them out of the church. | |
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| Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God. | |
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| Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and ye know that our witness is true. | |
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| I had many things to write, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen: | |
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| but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. | |
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| Peace be unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name. |
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