{"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/dbt/3-john/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:36:04.571Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brethren came and bore testimony to thy holding fast the truth, even as thou walkest in truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"(who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I had many things to write to thee, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"but I hope soon to see thee, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. The friends greet thee. Greet the friends by name."}],"citation":{"inline":"3 John 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[3 John 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/3-john/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/3-john/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}