3 John 1
1 The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
senior Gaio carissimo quem ego diligo in veritate
2 Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.
carissime de omnibus orationem facio prospere te ingredi et valere sicut prospere agit anima tua
3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.
gavisus sum valde venientibus fratribus et testimonium perhibentibus veritati tuae sicut tu in veritate ambulas
4 I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.
maiorem horum non habeo gratiam quam ut audiam filios meos in veritate ambulantes
5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
carissime fideliter facis quicquid operaris in fratres et hoc in peregrinos
6 Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,
qui testimonium reddiderunt caritati tuae in conspectu ecclesiae quos bene facies deducens digne Deo
7 Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.
pro nomine enim profecti sunt nihil accipientes a gentibus
8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
nos ergo debemus suscipere huiusmodi ut cooperatores simus veritatis
9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.
scripsissem forsitan ecclesiae sed is qui amat primatum gerere in eis Diotrepes non recipit nos
10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.
propter hoc si venero commoneam eius opera quae facit verbis malignis garriens in nos et quasi non ei ista sufficiant nec ipse suscipit fratres et eos qui cupiunt prohibet et de ecclesia eicit
11 Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.
carissime noli imitari malum sed quod bonum est qui benefacit ex Deo est qui malefacit non vidit Deum
12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.
Demetrio testimonium redditur ab omnibus et ab ipsa veritate et nos autem testimonium perhibemus et nosti quoniam testimonium nostrum verum est
13 I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:
multa habui scribere tibi sed nolui per atramentum et calamum scribere tibi
14 For I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Greete the friends by name.
spero autem protinus te videre et os ad os loquemur pax tibi salutant te amici saluta amicos per nomen
