3 John Cross References - Godbey

¹ The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I truly love with divine love. ² Beloved, I pray that you may prosper concerning all things and be well, as your soul prospers. ³ I rejoice exceedingly, the brethren coming and witnessing to thy truth, as thou art walking about in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth. ⁵ Beloved, whatsoever faithful deed thou mayest do to the brethren, thou art also dispensing to the strangers, ⁶ who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God. ⁷ For the sake of his name they went out, receiving nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ Therefore we ought to receive such, in order that we may be fellow-workers with the truth. ⁹ I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, loving the preeminence over them, does not receive us. ¹⁰ On account of this, if I may come, I will remember his works which he is doing, berating us with wicked speeches: and not content with these, he does not receive the brethren, and he prohibits them wishing to receive them, and casts them out of the church. ¹¹ Beloved, imitate not the evil, but the good. The one doing good is of God: the one doing evil has not seen God. ¹² To Demetrius it has been testified by all, and by the truth itself: and we also testify: and you know that our testimony is true. ¹³ Having many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and paper: ¹⁴ but I hope to see you immediately, and mouth to mouth we will speak. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Peace be unto you. The friends salute you; salute the friends by name.

¹⁴ And whosoever may not receive you, nor hear your words, going out from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

⁴⁰ The one receiving you will receive me, and the one receiving me will receive Him that sent me.

⁴⁰ The one receiving you will receive me, and the one receiving me will receive Him that sent me. ⁴¹ The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet; and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive the reward of a righteous man. ⁴² And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons, worshiping and asking something from Him. ²¹ And He said to her, What do you wish? She says to Him, Tell me that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² And Jesus responding said, You know not what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to Him, We are able. ²³ And He says to them, You shall indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right, and on my left, this is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father. ²⁴ And the ten hearing were indignant concerning the two brothers. ²⁵ But Jesus calling them to Him, said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶ It shall not be so among you; but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant; ²⁷ and whosoever may wish to be first among you, shall be your slave: ²⁸ as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.

⁴ But they bind heavy burdens, and place them on the shoulders of the people; and they themselves are not willing to touch them with their finger. ⁵ And they do all their works to be seen by the people: for they broaden their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, ⁶ and they love the first couch at the suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and salutations in the forums, and to be called by the people, "Doctor." ⁸ But be ye not called Doctor: for One is your teacher; and you are all brothers.

⁴⁵ Then who is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord placed over his household to give them their food in season?

²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And the one having received two talents, coming to him, said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents: behold, I have gained other two talents. ²³ And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.

³⁴ And they were silent: for they were disputing to one another in the way, who was the greater.

³⁷ Whosoever may receive one of such little children in my name, receives me: and whosoever may receive me, receives not me, but Him that sent me.

³⁵ James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that you may do unto us whatsoever we may ask. ³⁶ And He said to them, What do you wish for me to do for you? ³⁷ And they said to Him, Grant unto us, that we may sit, one on thy right, and one on thy left, in thy glory. ³⁸ And Jesus said to them, You know not what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I drink? and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? ³⁹ And they said to Him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink the cup which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized: ⁴⁰ but to sit on my right, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it has been prepared. ⁴¹ And the ten hearing, began to be indignant concerning James and John. ⁴² And Jesus calling them to Him, says to them: You know that those seeming competent to rule the Gentiles domineer over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you: but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant: ⁴⁴ and whosoever of you may wish to be first, shall be the slave of all: ⁴⁵ for the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.

²² Blessed are ye, when the people may hate you, and when they may separate you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

⁴⁸ and said to them, Whosoever may receive this little child in my name receives me; and whosoever may receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is least among you all, the same shall be great.

⁷ And he responding from within, said, Do not give me trouble: the door has already been closed, and my children are in bed with me; I am not able rising to give unto thee.

⁴² The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?

¹⁰ He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much. ¹¹ If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true? ¹² If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?

²⁴ And there was a contention among them, which one of them seems to be the greater, ²⁵ And He said to them, The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those exercising authority over them are called Benefactors. ²⁶ But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter. ²⁷ For which is the greater, he that sitteth at the table, or the waiter? is not the one sitting? but I am in the midst of you as the waiter.

²⁰ For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;

²² And his parents said these things, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already stipulated, that if any one should confess Him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

³⁴ They responded and said to him, Thou art altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. ³⁵ Jesus heard that they cast him out; and having found him, said, Do you believe on the Son of man?

³ To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

²⁶ If any one may minister unto me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my minister be: if any one may minister unto me, the Father will honor him.

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

³⁵ And He having seen hath testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you also may believe.

²⁴ This is the disciple witnessing concerning these things, and having written the same: and we know that his testimony is true.

⁴¹ Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

⁴ Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word:

¹⁶ for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.

²² And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, and being of good report by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to come into his house, and to hear words with thee.

³ Then indeed they having been sent away by the church, traveled through both Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles: and they continued to make great joy to all the brethren.

²⁹ to abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which keeping yourselves, you will do well. Fare ye well.

²⁹ And the city was filled with commotion: and they rushed of one accord into the theatre, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians, the companions of Paul.

⁴ And Sopater the (son) of Pyrrhus, the Berean, and Aristarchus, the Thessalonian, and Secundus; and Gaius the Derbean, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus the Asiatics, accompanied him;

⁵ And when it came to pass that we refitted during those days, having come out, we departed, all sending us forth, along with the women and children, out of the city: and putting down the knees on the shore, having prayed,

¹² And a certain Ananias, a man godly according to the law, and of good report by all the Jews dwelling there,

⁸ In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

¹⁰ kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

²⁴ as I may journey into Spain, for I hope traveling through to see you, and by you to be sent forth thither, if in the first place I may be satisfied with your company—

¹ I commend unto you our sister Phoebe, being a minister of the church which is in Cenchrea, ² in order that you may receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye may assist her in whatsoever matters she may need you: for she has been a helper of many, and myself. ³ Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-laborers in Christ Jesus; ⁴ who laid down their neck for my life; and for whom not I alone hut all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks; ⁵ and the church in their house. Salute Epaenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia unto Christ. ⁶ Salute Mary, who labored much for you. ⁷ Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsman and my fellow-soldiers, who are celebrated among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me. ⁸ Salute Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. ⁹ Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. ¹⁰ Salute Apelles the reproved in Christ. Salute those of the household of Aristobulus. ¹¹ Salute Herodian my kinsman. Salute those from the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. ¹² Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who are laboring in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. ¹³ Salute Rufus the elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴ Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren along with them. ¹⁵ Salute Philologus and Julius, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who were with them. ¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

²³ Gaius my host, and that of the whole church salutes you. Erastus the steward of the city, and brother Quartus, salute you.

¹⁴ I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius;

⁵ Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one. ⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ⁷ So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase. ⁸ But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's farm; ye are God's building.

¹⁴ I do not write these things shaming you, but admonishing you as my beloved children. ¹⁵ For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. ¹⁶ Therefore I exhort you, be ye imitators of me.

¹ Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father. ² And have you been inflated, and have not rather mourned, that the one having done this work may be taken from your midst? ³ For indeed I, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged the one having thus done this, as being present, ⁴ in the name of the Lord Jesus, you and my spirit being assembled, with the power of the Lord Jesus, ⁵ to turn over such a one to Satan for the destruction of carnality, in order that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹² If others partake of your bounty, shall not we the more? But we have not used this privilege, but we bear all things, in order that we may not give a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that those working in the sacrifices eat those things of the temple; and those serving the altar partake of the altar? ¹⁴ So also the Lord has commanded those preaching the gospel to live of the gospel. ¹⁵ But I have used none of these things. But I have not written these things that it may be so in me: for it is good for me rather to die than that any one shall make void my boasting.

¹⁸ Then what is my reward? that preaching the gospel, I may render the gospel free from charge, in order that I may not use my right in the gospel.

¹ Be ye imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

¹⁰ But if Timothy may come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I also: ¹¹ therefore let no one snub him. But send him forth in peace, in order that he may come to me: for I await him with the brethren.

¹⁶ and through you to go unto Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be sent forward into Judea.

¹ Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not; ² but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God. ³ But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost:

⁵ For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹ But working together we indeed intreat you not to have received the grace of God in vain:

² Receive us: we have injured no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one. ³ I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.

⁶ But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted by you, proclaiming unto us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

²³ Whether in behalf of Titus, my companion and fellow-laborer towards you; or our brethren, the apostles of the churches, the glory of Christ.

¹ But I Paul exhort you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who before your face am indeed humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you: ² but I pray, that being present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I consider myself bold towards certain ones who regard us as walking about according to the flesh. ³ For walking in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh; ⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of strongholds; ⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; ⁶ and being ready to avenge every disobedience, when your obedience may be complete. ⁷ Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If any has trusted to himself that he belongs to Christ, let him again consider this in reference to himself, that as he belongs to Christ, so do we also. ⁸ For if I shall in any thing the more abundantly boast concerning our power which the Lord gave us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I will not be ashamed: ⁹ in order that I may not seem as it were to terrify you by my letters. ¹⁰ Because they say, His letters are indeed weighty and powerful; but the presence of his body is weak, and his speech contemptible. ¹¹ Let such a one consider this, that, such as we are in word by our letters while absent, such we really are in work being present.

⁷ Did I commit sin humbling myself that you may be exalted, because I preached unto you the gospel of God gratuitously? ⁸ I robbed other churches, having received support for your ministry, and being present with you and being destitute, I burdened no one; ⁹ for the brethren, having come from Macedonia, supplied my deficiency; and in everything I rendered myself not burdensome to you, and will so render.

¹³ For what is that in which you are inferior to other churches, except that I did not burden you? forgive me this wrong.

² I have told you beforehand, and I am speaking to you in advance, as being present the second time, even now absent, that, if I may come to you again, I will not spare those who have previously sinned, and all the rest;

¹⁴ But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, If you being a Jew are living like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how do you compel the Gentiles to judaize?

¹⁹ My children, for whom I again travail in pain until Christ may be formed in you,

¹⁶ And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.

¹⁰ Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

¹⁵ Therefore I also, having heard of the faith among you in the Lord Jesus, and your love which is toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I do not cease giving thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers;

¹ Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;

²³ Peace and divine love to the brethren, with faith, from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ always in all my prayer with joy making supplication,

³ that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves; ⁴ looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.

⁴ looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others. ⁵ Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:

²⁷ For he was indeed nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not only him, but me also, in order that I may not have sorrow upon sorrow.

¹⁷ Be ye my imitators, brethren, and mark those thus walking about as you have us an example.

³ Yea, I also entreat thee, noble yoke-fellow, assist those women, whosoever labored with me in the gospel, both along with Clement, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁴ Moreover you did beautifully, communicating with my tribulation.

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints. ⁵ on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶ having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth; ⁷ as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf, ⁸ who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.

¹⁰ that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

¹⁷ and every thing whatsoever you may do, in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

¹¹ and Jesus, called Justus, who being of the circumcision: these are my only fellow-laborers in the kingdom of God, who have been made a comfort to me.

³ incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father; ⁴ knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, ⁵ because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what sort we were among you for your sakes. ⁶ And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost;

⁶ And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost; ⁷ so that you are an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸ For from you the word of the Lord echoed out, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone forth; so that we have no need to say any thing: ⁹ for they proclaim concerning what kind of reception we had unto you; and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve the true and the living God, ¹⁰ and to await his Son out of the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus the one delivering us from the wrath to come.

¹² and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. ¹³ And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe. ¹⁴ For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;

¹⁴ For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing, except you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ For you are our glory and joy.

² and we sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you, and exhort you concerning your faith;

⁶ But Timothy, having already come to us from you, and proclaimed to us the good news of your faith and your divine love, and that you always have a good mention of us, longing to see us, as we do to see you; ⁷ therefore we were comforted, brethren, over you in all our distress and tribulation on account of your faith; ⁸ because we now live, if you stand in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanks are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you before our God;

¹² in order that you may walk about circumspectly toward the aliens, and you may have need of nothing.

³ We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as it is worthy, because your faith increases, and the divine love of each one of you all towards one another abounds more and more;

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;

² to Timothy, my beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁷ But it also behooves him indeed to have a beautiful testimony from the aliens, in order that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

² to Timothy, my beloved child. Grace, mercy, peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰ Burt you have followed my teaching, leadership, purpose, faith, long suffering, divine love, patience,

⁷ For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre; ⁸ but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate; ⁹ holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers. ¹⁰ For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision, ¹¹ whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain. ¹² A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs. ¹³ This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith, ¹⁴ not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning away from the truth. ¹⁵ To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted. ¹⁶ They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.

¹³ Send on Zenas the lawyer and Apollos speedily, in order that nothing may be lacking to them.

² and to sister Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church in your house.

⁵ hearing about your divine love, and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and all the saints; ⁶ in order that the fellowship of your faith may be efficient in the perfect knowledge of every good thing which is in you toward Christ. ⁷ For I had much joy and consolation over your divine love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed by you, O brother.

¹⁰ I exhort you concerning my son, whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus,

²⁴ Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers, salute you.

¹² in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.

¹² But, my brethren, before all, swear not, neither by heaven, or by earth, or any other oath: but let your conversation be yes yes; and no no; lest you may fall under condemnation.

²⁰ For what glory is there, if, committing sin and being buffeted, you endure it? But if, doing good and suffering you endure it, this is grace with God.

¹¹ let him depart from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it:

¹³ Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?

⁸ before all things having divine love stedfast toward one another; because divine love covers a multitude of sins:

¹⁰ as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God: ¹¹ if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹⁴ Salute one another with a holy kiss. Peace be unto you all who are in Christ.

³ As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue: ⁴ through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love. ⁸ For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins.

¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.

²⁹ If you may know that he is righteous, know that every one doing righteousness has been born of him.

⁶ No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him. ⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ⁸ The one doing sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. Unto this the Son of God was made manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

¹⁸ Little children, let us love with divine love not in word, nor in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

¹ The elder to the elect Cyria, and to her children, whom in truth I love with divine love; and not I, but also those having known the truth; ² on account of the truth which abides in us, and shall be with us forever.

² on account of the truth which abides in us, and shall be with us forever. ³ Grace, mercy, peace, shall be with us from God our Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and in divine love. ⁴ I rejoice exceedingly because I have found some of thy children walking about in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

⁴ I rejoice exceedingly because I have found some of thy children walking about in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I entreat thee, O Cyria, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another with divine love. ⁶ And this is the divine love, that we may walk about according to his commandments; this is the commandment, That, as you heard from the beginning, that you may walk about in it. ⁷ Because many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ is coming in the flesh; the same is the deceiver and the antichrist. ⁸ Take heed to yourselves, that you may not destroy those things which you have wrought, but may receive a full reward. ⁹ Every one going forth, and not abiding in the teaching of Christ, has not God; the one abiding in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine; do not receive him into your house, and do not bid him God speed: ¹¹ for the one bidding him God speed partakes of his evil deeds. ¹² Having many things to write to you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come to you, and mouth to mouth to speak to you, in order that our joy may be full.

¹² Having many things to write to you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come to you, and mouth to mouth to speak to you, in order that our joy may be full. ¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee.

³ I rejoice exceedingly, the brethren coming and witnessing to thy truth, as thou art walking about in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth. ⁵ Beloved, whatsoever faithful deed thou mayest do to the brethren, thou art also dispensing to the strangers,

⁵ Beloved, whatsoever faithful deed thou mayest do to the brethren, thou art also dispensing to the strangers, ⁶ who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.

⁸ Therefore we ought to receive such, in order that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

¹⁰ On account of this, if I may come, I will remember his works which he is doing, berating us with wicked speeches: and not content with these, he does not receive the brethren, and he prohibits them wishing to receive them, and casts them out of the church.

¹² To Demetrius it has been testified by all, and by the truth itself: and we also testify: and you know that our testimony is true.

³ and you have patience and have borne with them for my name's sake, and have not fainted.

⁹ I know your tribulations, and your poverty, but you are rich; and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.