Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
3 John 1:1 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancient to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE ELDERLY elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the beloved (esteemed) Gaius, whom I truly love. American Standard Version (1901) The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. Common English Bible From the elder. To my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love. Catholic Public Domain Version The Elder, to Gaius, most beloved, whom I love in the truth. English Standard Version 2016 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. |
Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
And the whole city was filled with confusion; and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
And there accompanied him Sopater the son of Pyrrhus, of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus, and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Caius, my host, and the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother.
I give God thanks, that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Caius;
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
Dearly beloved, concerning all things I make it my prayer that thou mayest proceed prosperously, and fare well as thy soul doth prosperously.