約翰三書 1

問候

1 我作長老的寫信給親愛的該猶，就是我真心所愛的。

2 親愛的，我願你事事安寧，身體健康，正如你的心神安寧一樣。 3 我非常歡喜，有弟兄到這裏來，證實你對真理的忠誠，就是你按著真理而行。 4 我聽見我的兒女按真理而行，我的歡喜沒有比這個更大的。

合作和反對

5 親愛的，你對弟兄，特別是對作客旅的弟兄所做的都是忠誠的。 6 他們在教會面前證實了你的愛；你若以對得起上帝的方式，為他們送行就好了； 7 因為他們是為基督的名t出外，並沒有從未信的人接受甚麼。 8 所以，我們應當接待這樣的人，好讓我們與他們在真理上成為同工。

9 我曾寫過一些東西給教會，但他們中間那好作領袖的丟特腓不接納我們。 10 為此，我若去，要提起他所做的事，就是他用惡言攻擊我們，還不滿足，他自己不接納弟兄，有人願意接納，他還阻止，並且把接納弟兄的人趕出教會。

11 親愛的，不要效法惡，只要效法善。行善的人屬乎上帝；行惡的人未曾見過上帝。 12 低米丟行善，有眾人給他作見證，又有真理給他作見證，就是我們也給他作見證，你知道我們的見證是真的。

問安

13 我還有許多事要寫給你，卻不願意用筆墨來寫給你， 14 但盼望很快見到你，我們好面對面談論。 15 願你平安！朋友們都向你問安。請你替我按著名字一一向朋友們問安。

3 JOHN 1

1  t From the church leader.t
To my dear friend Gaius.
I love you because we follow the truth, 2 dear friend, and I pray all goes well for you. I hope you are as strong in body, as I know you are in spirit. 3 It makes me very happy when the Lord's followers come by and speak openly of how you obey the truth.

4 Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my childrent are obeying the truth.

Working Together

5 Dear friend, you have always been faithful in helping other followers of the Lord, even the ones you didn't know before. 6 They have told the church about your love. They say you were good enough to welcome them and to send them on their mission in a way God's servants deserve. 7 When they left to tell others about the Lord, they decided not to accept help from anyone who wasn't a follower.

8 We must support people like them, so we can take part in what they are doing to spread the truth.
9 I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes likes to be the number-one leader, and he won't pay any attention to us.

10 So if I come, I will remind him of how he has been attacking us with gossip. Not only has he been doing this, but he refuses to welcome any of the Lord's followers who come by. And when other church members want to welcome them, he puts them out of the church.

11 Dear friend, don't imitate the evil deeds of others, but follow the example of people who do kind deeds. They are God's children, but those who are always doing evil have never seen God.

12 Everyone speaks well of Demetrius, and so does the true message that he teaches. I also speak well of him, and you know what I say is true.

Final Greetings

13 I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink.

14 I hope to see you soon, and then we can talk in person.

15 I pray that God will bless you with peace!
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