3 John 1:1-8 - Encouragement For Gaius
1 The elder, to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in [the] truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.
5 Dear friend, you act faithfully [in] whatever you do for the brothers, {even though they are strangers}. 6 They have testified [to] your love before the church; you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans. 8 Therefore we ought to support such [people], so that we become fellow workers with [the] truth.