¹The elder, to the beloved Gaius, whom I myself love in truth.

²Beloved, concerning all things I pray that you do well and be in good health, even as your being does well.

³For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brothers were coming and bearing witness of you to the truth, even as you yourself are walking in truth.

⁴I have no joy greater than these things, that I may hear of my children walking in the truth.

⁵Beloved, you are doing faithfully whatever you shall do for the brothers, and for that, strangers,

⁶who testified of your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their way worthily of God.

⁷For on behalf of the name they went forth, accepting nothing from the Gentile people.

⁸Therefore we ourselves ought to receive such men, so that we may be fellow workers in the truth.

⁹I have written something to the assembly, but the one loving to be first among them, Diotrephes, does not welcome us.

¹⁰Because of this, if I shall come, I will bring to his remembrance the works which he is doing, prating against us with evil words; and not being satisfied with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who purpose he forbids, and he casts them out from the assembly.

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one doing good is of God; the one doing evil has not seen God.

¹²To Demetrius witness has been given by all and by the truth itself; and we ourselves also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.

¹³Many things I had to write to you, but I do not desire to write to you with ink and pen;

¹⁴However, I hope to see you soon, and we will speak mouth to mouth.

¹⁵Wholeness to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.