This they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
3 John 1:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancient to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. |
This they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the amphitheater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
Sopater of Berea accompanied him as far as Asia, and so did Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and so does Quartus, our brother.
I give thanks to God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
I exhort the elders among you, I who am a fellow elder, a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker in the glory that will be revealed:
My little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth.
Beloved, I pray that in all respects yoʋ may prosper and be in good health, even as yoʋr soul prospers.