Wesley Version
1755 by John Wesley
3Jo 1:1 The elder unto the well-beloved Caius, whom I truly love.
3Jo 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things, that thou mayst prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospereth.
3Jo 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the truth that is in thee, as thou walkest in the truth.
3Jo 1:4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth.
3Jo 1:5 Beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou dost to the brethren and to strangers,
3Jo 1:6 Who have testified of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well.
3Jo 1:7 For they went forth for his sake, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
3Jo 1:8 We ought therefore to receive such, that we may be fellow-helpers to the truth.
3Jo 1:9 I wrote to the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.
3Jo 1:10 Wherefore if I come I will remember his wicked deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
3Jo 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that is a doer of good is of God, but he that is a doer of evil, hath not seen God.
3Jo 1:12 Demetrius hath a good testimony from all men, and from the truth itself: yea, we also bear testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true.
3Jo 1:13 I had many things to write; but I will not write to thee with ink and pen.
3Jo 1:14 But I trust to see thee shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
