Bible Book - INDEX

MODERN LITERAL VERSION - 2026 Update

1:1       The elder to beloved Gaius, whom I love^* in truth.

1:2 Beloved Gaius, I am praying for you to be prospered and to be sound^* {Or: healthy} concerning all things, just-as your soul is prospered.

1:3 For^* I rejoiced exceedingly of the brethren coming and testifying of your truth, just-as you are walking in truth.

1:4 I have no greater joy from these things, in-order-that I may hear my children are walking in the truth.      

1:5 Beloved, you practice faithfully whatever you worked toward the brethren and toward strangers,

1:6 who testified to your love^* in the sight of the congregation^*; whom you will do^* well, sent onward worthily of God.

1:7 For^* they went forth on behalf of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

1:8 Therefore, we ought to receive the ones who are such, in-order-that we should become fellow workers for the truth.      

1:9 I wrote to the congregation^*, but Diotrephes, who loves to be their foremost one, is not accepting us.

1:10 Because of this, if I come, I will be reminding him of his works in which he practices: gossiping against us with evil words and not being content in these, nor does he accept the brethren and he forbids the ones planning to come, and casts them out-of the congregation^*.      

1:11 Beloved, do not imitate the evil one, but the good one. The one practicing good is from God. The one practicing evil has not seen God.

1:12 As for Demetrius, he has been testified of by all and by the truth itself. But we also are testifying and you^° know that our testimony is true.      

1:13 I was holding many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you through ink and reed.

1:14 But I hope to see you immediately and we will be speaking mouth to mouth {i.e., face to face } . Peace to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends according-to name.       {NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., *FOR is different from FOR* is different from FOR. ^° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.}