约翰三书 1

问候

1 我作长老的写信给亲爱的该犹，就是我真心所爱的。

2 亲爱的，我愿你事事安宁，身体健康，正如你的心神安宁一样。 3 我非常欢喜，有弟兄到这里来，证实你对真理的忠诚，就是你按着真理而行。 4 我听见我的儿女按真理而行，我的欢喜没有比这个更大的。

合作和反对

5 亲爱的，你对弟兄，特别是对作客旅的弟兄所做的都是忠诚的。 6 他们在教会面前证实了你的爱；你若以对得起上帝的方式，为他们送行就好了； 7 因为他们是为基督的名t出外，并没有从未信的人接受什么。 8 所以，我们应当接待这样的人，好让我们与他们在真理上成为同工。

9 我曾写过一些东西给教会，但他们中间那好作领袖的丢特腓不接纳我们。 10 为此，我若去，要提起他所做的事，就是他用恶言攻击我们，还不满足，他自己不接纳弟兄，有人愿意接纳，他还阻止，并且把接纳弟兄的人赶出教会。

11 亲爱的，不要效法恶，只要效法善。行善的人属乎上帝；行恶的人未曾见过上帝。 12 低米丢行善，有众人给他作见证，又有真理给他作见证，就是我们也给他作见证，你知道我们的见证是真的。

问安

13 我还有许多事要写给你，却不愿意用笔墨来写给你， 14 但盼望很快见到你，我们好面对面谈论。 15 愿你平安！朋友们都向你问安。请你替我按著名字一一向朋友们问安。

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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