3 John 1:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

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  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, my host and that of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
  • 1 Cor 1:14 : 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius;
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
  • 2 John 1:1-9 : 1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who have known the truth. 2 For the sake of the truth, which dwells in us and will be with us forever. 3 Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found your children walking in truth, as we received a commandment from the Father. 5 And now I urge you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him. 11 For he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. 12 Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
  • Acts 19:29 : 29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.
  • Acts 20:4 : 4 And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia; and Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

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