3 Johannes
En Levende Bok
Hilsen
1 Hilsen fra lederen Johannes, til min kjære venn Gaius, som jeg elsker med ekte kjærlighet.
2 Kjære venn, jeg håper at alt står godt til med deg, og at kroppen er like frisk som sjelen din. At sjelen din er frisk, vet jeg. 3 Jeg ble svært glad da jeg hørte fra noen menighetsmedlemmer som hadde hilst på deg, at du trofast holder fast ved det sanne budskapet om Jesus, og lever etter det. 4 Ikke noe gjør meg mer glad enn å høre at barna mine følger det sanne budskapet.
Ros og råd
5 Kjære venn, du viser deg trofast når du tar hånd om de troende brødre som er på gjennomreise, også de som du ikke kjenner fra før. 6 De har fortalt om din kjærlighet til alle i menigheten her. Du har også vist at du er verd å bli kalt Guds tjener, etter som du har gitt alle det de trengte for den videre reisen. 7 Det er for å spre budskapet om Jesus de har gitt seg av sted.[a] De tar ikke imot noen støtte fra folk de kommer til.[b] 8 Derfor bør vi støtte dem og på den måten hjelpe til å spre det sanne budskapet om Jesus.
9 Jeg sendte et brev til menigheten deres om dette, men Diotrefes, som gjerne vil overta ledelsen der, nekter å ha noe med oss å gjøre. 10 Når jeg kommer, vil jeg derfor ta opp med dere at han sprer falske rykter om oss. Han nøyer seg ikke bare med det, han nekter også å ta imot de omreisende troende. Dersom andre ønsker å ta imot dem, hindrer han dem i dette og ekskluderer dem fra menigheten.
11 Kjære venn, la deg ikke påvirke av det onde, men fortsett bare å gjøre det som er godt. Den som gjør det gode, tilhører Gud, men den som gjør det onde, har aldri forstått hvem Gud er.
12 Alle roser og ærer Demetrius, og det er helt rett, etter som han handler i tråd med det sanne budskapet om Jesus. Også vi roser og ærer ham, og du vet at vi snakker sant.
Avslutning
13 Jeg har mye å si deg, men jeg vil ikke gjøre det i brevs form. 14 Jeg håpet snart å treffe deg, slik at vi kan snakke personlig.
15 Jeg ønsker deg fred fra Gud! De andre i menigheten hilser til deg. Gi en personlig hilsen fra meg til hver og en av våre venner.
3 John
New International Version
1 The elder,(A)
To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 It gave me great joy when some believers(B) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(C) 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(D) are walking in the truth.(E)
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](F) even though they are strangers to you.(G) 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way(H) in a manner that honors(I) God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name(J) that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.(K) 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come,(L) I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers.(M) He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.(N)
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.(O) Anyone who does what is good is from God.(P) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.(Q) 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone(R)—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.(S)
13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.(T)
15 Peace to you.(U) The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.(V)
Footnotes
- 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
3 John
King James Version
1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
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