,weymouth ,new ,testament in ,modern ,speech1 #c ,john ,third ,edition #aiac ,r4 ,f4 ,weymouth ,book #fd #c ,john #jja3jja ,the ,elder to his dear friend ,gaius4 ,truly ,i love you4 #jja3jjb ,my dear friend1 ,i pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health1 just as your soul already prospers4 #jja3jjc ,for it is an intense joy to me when brethren come and bear witness to your fidelity to the truth--that you live in obedience to the truth4 #jja3jjd ,i have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth4 #jja3jje ,my dear friend1 you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren1 even when they are strangers to you4 #jja3jjf ,they have testified1 in the presence of the ,church1 to your love2 and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with ,god4 #jja3jjg ,for it is for ,christ that they have gone forth1 accepting nothing from the ,gentiles4 #jja3jjh ,it is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men1 so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth4 #jja3jji ,i wrote to the ,church1 but ,diotrephes1 who loves to have the first place among them1 refuses to listen to us4 #jja3jaj ,for this reason1 if ,i come1 ,i shall not forget his conduct1 nor his idle and mischievous talk against us4 ,and he does not stop there3 he not only will not receive the brethren1 but those who desire to do this he hinders1 and excludes them from the ,church4 #jja3jaa ,my dear friend1 do not follow wrong examples1 but right ones4 ,he who habitually does what is right is a child of ,god3 he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen ,god4 #jja3jab ,the character of ,demetrius has the approval of all men1 and of the truth itself4 ,we also express our approval of it1 and you know that we only give our approval to that which is true4 #jja3jac ,i have a great deal to say to you1 but ,i do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen4 #jja3jad ,but ,i hope to see you very soon1 and then we will speak face to face4 ,peace be with you4 ,our friends send greetings to you4 ,greet our friends individually4