τους αδελφους, και τους fratres, et eos quo cupiunt βουλομενους κωλυει και prohibet et de εκ της εκκλησιας εκβαλλει. ecclesia eicit. Carissime, Αγαπητε, μη noli imitari malum, μιμου το κακον, αλλα sed quod bonum το αγαθον. ὁ αγαθοποιων est. Qui bene facit, εκ του Θεου ex Deo est: qui male εστιν· ὁ δε κακοποιων facit, non videt Deum. ουχ ἑωρακεν τον Θεον. Demetrio testimonium Δημητριω μεμαρτυρηται redditur ab omnibus et ὑπο παντων και ὑπ' ab ipsa veritate: et nos αυτης της αληθειας· testimonium perhibemus, και ἡμεις δε μαρτυρουμεν, et nosti quoniam και οιδατε ὁτι ἡ μαρτυρια testimonium nostrum ἡμων αληθης εστι. verum est. Multa habui Πολλα ειχον γραφειν, scribere tibi, sed nolui αλλ' ου θελω δια μελανος per atramentum et και καλαμου σοι calamum scribere tibi: γραψαι· ελπιζω δε spero autem protinus ευθεως ιδειν σε, και te videre, et os ad os στομα προς στομα loquimur. Pax tibi. λαλησομεν. Ειρηνη σοι. Salutant te amici. Saluta Ασπαζονται σε οι φιλοι· amicos per nomen. ασπαζου τους φιλους κατ' ονομα. AUTHORISED VERSION. REVISED VERSION. The elder unto the The elder unto Gaius well beloved Gaius, the beloved, whom I whom I love in the love in truth. Beloved, truth. Beloved, I wish I pray that in all things above all things that thou mayest prosper thou mayest prosper and be in health, even and be in health, as thy soul prospereth. even as thy soul For I rejoiced greatly, prospereth. For I rejoiced when brethren came greatly, when and bare witness unto the brethren came and thy truth, even as thou testified of the truth walkest in truth. that is in thee, even Greater joy have I as thou walkest in none than this, to hear the truth. I have no of my children walking greater joy than to hear in the truth. Beloved, that my children walk thou doest a faithful in truth. Beloved, thou work in whatsoever doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest toward them thou doest to that are brethren and the brethren, and to strangers withal; who strangers; which have bare witness to thy borne witness of thy love before the church: charity before the whom thou wilt do church: whom if thou well to set forward on bring forward on their their journey worthily