❧ The thirde epistle of Saint John. (Book 3 John)
2 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth, 8 exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution, 9 sheweth the vnkynde dealyng of Diotre∣phes, 12 and the good report of Demetrius.
[unspec A] 1 THe elder vnto ye beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.
2 Beloued, I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst H. L. well, euen as thy soule prospereth.
3 For I reioyced greatly, when the bre∣thren came & testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in ye trueth.
[unspec B] 4 I haue no greater ioy, thē for to heare how that my sonnes walke in (a) 1.1 veritie.
5 Beloued, thou doest faythfully what∣soeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,
6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue be∣fore the Churche. Which brethren, yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte, thou shalt do well.
7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth, and toke nothyng of the gentiles.
8 We therfore ought to receaue such, that [unspec C] we myght be helpers to the trueth.
9 I wrote vnto the Churche: but Dio∣trephes which loueth to haue the pre∣eminence among thē, receaueth vs not.
10 Wherfore yf I come, I wyll declare his deedes which he doth, iestyng on vs with malicious wordes, neither is ther∣with content: not only he hym selfe re∣ceaueth