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The Elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth:
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Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
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For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers,
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who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
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because they went forth for His name's sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.
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I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.