{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/3-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T13:42:37.334Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"3 John","bookSlug":"3-john","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":1,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The elder to the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I rejoiced greatly, when the brothers came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and to strangers;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, you shall do well:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yes, and we also bear record; and you know that our record is true."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to you:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. Our friends salute you. Greet the friends by name."}],"citation":{"inline":"3 John 1 (AKJV)","markdown":"[3 John 1](https://primebible.com/akjv/3-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/3-john/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}