2 Beloved,27 I wish2172 above4012 all things3956 that thou4571 mayest prosper2137 and2532 be in health,5198 even as2531 thy4675 soul5590 prospereth.2137
3 For1063 I rejoiced5463 greatly,3029 when the brethren80 came2064 and2532 testified3140 of the3588 truth225 that is in thee,4675 even as2531 thou4771 walkest4043 in1722 the truth.225
4 I have2192 no3756 greater3186 joy5479 than5130 to2443 hear191 that my1699 children5043 walk4043 in1722 truth.225
6 Which3739 have borne witness3140 of thy4675 charity26 before1799 the church:1577 whom3739 if thou bring forward on their journey4311 after a godly sort,516 2316 thou shalt do4160 well:2573
7 Because1063 that for his name's sake5228 846 3686 they went forth,1831 taking2983 nothing3367 of575 the3588 Gentiles.1484
8 We2249 therefore3767 ought3784 to receive618 such,5108 that2443 we might be1096 fellow helpers4904 to the3588 truth.225
9 I wrote1125 unto the3588 church:1577 but235 Diotrephes,1361 who loveth to have the preeminence5383 among them,848 receiveth1926 us2248 not.3756
10 Wherefore,1223 5124 if1437 I come,2064 I will remember5279 his846 deeds2041 which3739 he doth,4160 prating against5396 us2248 with malicious4190 words:3056 and2532 not3361 content714 therewith,1909 5125 neither3777 doth he848 himself receive1926 the3588 brethren,80 and2532 forbiddeth2967 them that would,1014 and2532 casteth1544 them out of1537 the3588 church.1577
11 Beloved,27 follow3401 not3361 that which is evil,2556 but235 that which is good.18 He that doeth good15 is2076 of1537 God:2316 but1161 he that doeth evil2554 hath not3756 seen3708 God.2316
12 Demetrius1216 hath good report3140 of5259 all3956 men, and2532 of5259 the3588 truth225 itself:846 yea,1161 and2532 we2249 also bear record;3140 and2532 ye know1492 that3754 our2257 record3141 is2076 true.227
13 I had2192 many things4183 to write,1125 but235 I will2309 not3756 with1223 ink3188 and2532 pen2563 write1125 unto thee:4671
14 But1161 I trust1679 I shall shortly2112 see1492 thee,4571 and2532 we shall speak2980 face to face.4750 4314 4750 Peace1515 be to thee.4671 Our friends5384 salute782 thee.4571 Greet782 the3588 friends5384 by2596 name.3686
Vul
1 Senior Gajo carissimo, quem ego diligo in veritate.
2 Carissime, de omnibus orationem facio prospere te ingredi, et valere sicut prospere agit anima tua.
3 Gavisus sum valde venientibus fratribus, et testimonium perhibentibus veritati tu, sicut tu in veritate ambulas.
4 Majorem horum non habeo gratiam, quam ut audiam filios meos in veritate ambulare.
5 Carissime, fideliter facis quidquid operaris in fratres, et hoc in peregrinos,
6 qui testimonium reddiderunt caritati tu in conspectu ecclesi: quos, benefaciens, deduces digne Deo.
7 Pro nomine enim ejus profecti sunt, nihil accipientes a gentibus.
8 Nos ergo debemus suscipere hujusmodi, ut cooperatores simus veritatis.
9 Scripsissem forsitan ecclesi: sed is qui amat primatum genere in eis, Diotrephes, non recipit nos:
10 propter hoc si venero, commonebo ejus opera, qu facit, verbis malignis garriens in nos: et quasi non ei ista sufficiant, neque ipse suscipit fratres: et eos qui suscipiunt, prohibet, et de ecclesia ejicit.
11 Carissime, noli imitari malum, sed quod bonum est. Qui benefacit, ex Deo est: qui malefacit, non vidit Deum.
12 Demetrio testimonium redditur ab omnibus, et ab ipsa veritate, sed et nos testimonium perhibemus: et nosti quoniam testimonium nostrum verum est.
13 Multa habui tibi scribere: sed nolui per atramentum et calamum scribere tibi.
14 Spero autem protinus te videre, et os ad os loquemur. Pax tibi. Salutant te amici. Saluta amicos nominatim.