1:1  senior Gaio carissimo quem ego          1.   The elder unto the wellbeloved
diligo in veritate                           Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
1:2  carissime de omnibus orationem          2.   Beloved, I wish above all things
facio prospere te ingredi et valere          that thou mayest prosper and be in
sicut prospere agit anima tua                health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1:3  gavisus sum valde venientibus           3.   For I rejoiced greatly, when the
fratribus et testimonium perhibentibus       brethren came and testified of the
veritati tuae sicut tu in veritate           truth that is in thee, even as thou
ambulas                                      walkest in the truth.
1:4  maiorem horum non habeo gratiam         4.   I have no greater joy than to hear
quam ut audiam filios meos in veritate       that my children walk in truth.
ambulantes
1:5  carissime fideliter facis quicquid      5.   Beloved, thou doest faithfully
operaris in fratres et hoc in peregrinos     whatsoever thou doest to the brethren,
                                             and to strangers;
1:6  qui testimonium reddiderunt             6.   Which have borne witness of thy
caritati tuae in conspectu ecclesiae         charity before the church: whom if thou
quos bene facies deducens digne Deo          bring forward on their journey after a
                                             godly sort, thou shalt do well:
1:7  pro nomine enim profecti sunt           7.   Because that for his name's sake
nihil accipientes a gentibus                 they went forth, taking nothing of the
                                             Gentiles.
1:8  nos ergo debemus suscipere              8.   We therefore ought to receive
huiusmodi ut cooperatores simus              such, that we might be fellowhelpers to
veritatis                                    the truth.
1:9  scripsissem forsitan ecclesiae sed      9.   I wrote unto the church: but
is qui amat primatum gerere in eis           Diotrephes, who loveth to have the
Diotrepes non recipit nos                    preeminence among them, receiveth us
                                             not.
1:10  propter hoc si venero commoneam        10.   Wherefore, if I come, I will
eius opera quae facit verbis malignis        remember his deeds which he doeth,
garriens in nos et quasi non ei ista         prating against us with malicious
sufficiant nec ipse suscipit fratres et      words: and not content therewith,
eos qui cupiunt prohibet et de ecclesia      neither doth he himself receive the
eicit                                        brethren, and forbiddeth them that
                                             would, and casteth them out of the
                                             church.
1:11  carissime noli imitari malum sed       11.   Beloved, follow not that which is
quod bonum est qui benefacit ex Deo est      evil, but that which is good. He that
qui malefacit non vidit Deum                 doeth good is of God: but he that doeth
                                             evil hath not seen God.
1:12  Demetrio testimonium redditur ab       12.   Demetrius hath good report of all
omnibus et ab ipsa veritate et nos           men, and of the truth itself: yea, and
autem testimonium perhibemus et nosti        we also bear record; and ye know that
quoniam testimonium nostrum verum est        our record is true.
1:13  multa habui scribere tibi sed          13.   I had many things to write, but I
nolui per atramentum et calamum              will not with ink and pen write unto
scribere tibi                                thee:
1:14  spero autem protinus te videre et      14.   But I trust I shall shortly see
os ad os loquemur                            thee, and we shall speak face to face.
pax tibi    salutant te amici                Peace be to thee. Our friends salute
saluta amicos nominatim                      thee. Greet the friends by name.