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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>3 John 1 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/3_john/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/3_john/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > 3 John 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_john/1.htm" title="2 John 1">◄</a> 3 John 1 <a href="../jude/1.htm" title="Jude 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/3_john/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Greeting from the Elder<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_john/1.htm">2 John 1:1–3</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The PRESBYTER to my dear Gaius, whom I truly love.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I wish, my beloved, you may be as prosperous with regard to your health and other circumstances, as in what concerns your soul. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I was greatly pleased when the brethren came and assured me of your fidelity and religious conduct. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>greater joy I cannot have, than to hear that my children are attach'd to the truth.<p> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Gaius Commended for Hospitality<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My dear child, whatever you do in behalf of the brethren, and of those who are strangers, is commendable. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for they set out upon account of the gospel, and refus'd to take any thing of the Gentiles. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>it behoves us to give a kind reception to such, that we may be assistant in promoting the truth.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Diotrephes and Demetrius<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have writ to the church: but Diotrephes, who affects the superiority, has no regard to our representations. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for which reason, when I come, I shall animadvert upon his conduct, and the malicious aspersions he casts upon us: not contented with this, he will neither receive the brethren himself, nor suffer those who are better inclin'd, to do it; but drives them out of the church.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>my beloved, don't imitate vice, but virtue, he that does good, is a child of God: he that does evil, is not acquainted with God. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Demetrius has the applauses of all men, and the testimony of his own virtue: we likewise certify in his behalf, and you know that our testimonial deserves credit.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Conclusion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_john/1.htm#12">2 John 1:12–13</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I have many things to write, which I don't think fit to commit to paper and ink:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/3_john/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>hoping I shall shortly see you, and then communicate them in person.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_john/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 John 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 John 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jude/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jude 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jude 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>