3 John 1 The elder vnto the beloued Gayus whom I loue in the trueth.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The elder vnto the beloued Gayus whom I loue in the trueth. ² Beloued I wisshe in all thynges that thou prosperedest, and faredest well, euen as thy soule prospereth, ³ For I reioysed greatly, when the brethren came, and testifyed of the trueth that is in the, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioye, then for to heare, how that my sonnes walke in veritye. ⁵ Beloued thou doest faythfully, what soeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers, ⁶ which beare wytnes of thy loue before the congregacyon. Which brethren if thou brynge forwardes of theyr iorney (after a godly sorte) thou shalt do well: ⁷ because that for his names sake they went forth: and toke nothynge of the Gentyls. ⁸ We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth. ⁹ I wrote vnto the congregacion: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence amonge them, receaueth vs not. ¹⁰ Wherfore yf I come, I will declare hys dedes which he doeth, iestinge on vs wt malicious wordes, nether is therewith content. Not onely he him selfe receaueth not the brethren: but also he forbyddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the congregacion. ¹¹ Beloued, folowe not that which is euyll, but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth euill, seyth not God. ¹² Demetrius hath good reporte of all men & of the trueth it selfe. yee, and we oure selues also beare recorde, & ye knowe, that oure recorde is true. ¹³ I had many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the. ¹⁴ I trust I shall shortly se the & we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be vnto the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name.