ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΡΙΤΗ

Epistle of 3 John

| 1 | ο |  | πρεσβυτερος |  | γαιω |  | τω |  | αγαπητω |  | ον |  | εγω |  | αγαπω |  | εν |  | αληθεια |  |
|  | The |  | elder |  | to Gaius |  | to |  | beloved, |  | whom |  | I |  | love |  | in |  | truth. |  |

| 2 | αγαπητε |  | περι |  | παντων |  | ευχομαι |  | σε |  | ευοδουσθαι |  | και |  | υγιαινειν |  | καθως
|  | Beloved, |  | concerning |  | all things |  | I wish |  | thee |  | to prosper |  | and |  | be in health, |  | even as

| ευοδουται |  | σου |  | η |  | ψυχη |  |
| prospers |  | thy |  | ♦ |  | soul. |  |

| 3 | εχαρην |  | γαρ |  | λιαν |  | ερχομενων |  | αδελφων |  | και |  | μαρτυρουντων |
|  | For I rejoiced |  | ♦ |  | exceedingly |  | coming 3 |  | [the] 1 brethren 2 |  | and |  | bearing witness |

σου |  | τη |  | αληθεια |  | καθως |  | συ |  | εν |  | αληθεια |  | περιπατεις |  |
of thy |  | ♦ |  | truth, |  | even as |  | thou |  | in |  | truth |  | walkest. |  |

| 4 | μειζοτεραν |  | τουτων |  | ουκ |  | εχω |  | χαραν |  | ινα |  | ακουω |
|  | Greater 5 |  | than 6 these 7 things 8 |  | I 1 have 2 not 3 |  | ♦ |  | joy, 4 |  | that |  | I should hear of |

τα |  | εμα |  | τεκνα |  | εν |  | αληθεια |  | περιπατουντα |  |
my children |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | truth |  | walking. |  |

| 5 | αγαπητε |  | πιστον |  | ποιεις |  | ο |  | εαν |  | εργαση |  | εις |  | τους |
|  | Beloved, |  | faithfully |  | thou doest |  | whatever |  | ♦ |  | thou mayest have wrought |  | towards |  | the |

αδελφους |  | και |  | εις |  | τους |  | ξενους |  |
brethren |  | and |  | towards |  | ♦ |  | strangers, |  |

| 6 | οι |  | εμαρτυρησαν |  | σου |  | τη |  | αγαπη |  | ενωπιον |  | εκκλησιας |  | ους |  | καλως |
|  | (who |  | witnessed |  | of thy |  | ♦ |  | love |  | before |  | [the] assembly) |  | who |  | well 9 |

ποιησεις |  | προπεμψας |  | αξιως |  | του |  | θεου |  |
thou 6 wilt 7 do 8 |  | setting 1 forward 2 |  | worthily 3 |  | ♦ |  | of 4 God; 5 |  |

| 7 | υπερ |  | γαρ |  | του |  | ονοματος |  | εξηλθον |  | μηδεν |  | λαμβανοντες |  | απο |  | των |
|  | for, for |  | ♦ |  | the |  | name |  | they went forth, |  | nothing 2 |  | taking 1 |  | from |  | the |

εθνων |  |
nations. |  |

| 8 | ημεις |  | ουν |  | οφειλομεν |  | απολαμβανειν |  | τους |  | τοιουτους |  | ινα |  | συνεργοι |
|  | We |  | therefore |  | ought |  | to receive |  | ♦ |  | such, |  | that |  | fellow-workers |

γινωμεθα |  | τη |  | αληθεια |  |
we may be |  | with the |  | truth. |  |

| 9 | εγραψα |  | τη |  | εκκλησια |  | αλλ |  | ο |  | φιλοπρωτευων |  | αυτων |  | διοτρεφης |
|  | I wrote |  | to the |  | assembly; |  | but |  | who 2 |  | loves 3 to 4 be 5 first 6 |  | among 7 them 8 |  | Diotrephes, 1 |

ουκ |  | επιδεχεται |  | ημας |  |
receives not |  | ♦ |  | us. |  |

| 10 | δια |  | τουτο |  | εαν |  | ελθω |  | υπομνησω |  | αυτου |  | τα |  | εργα |  | α |
|  | On account of |  | this, |  | if |  | I come, |  | I will bring to remembrance |  | of him |  | the |  | works |  | which |

ποιει |  | λογοις |  | πονηροις |  | φλυαρων |  | ημας |  | και |  | μη |  | αρκουμενος |  | επι |
he does, |  | with words 2 |  | evil 1 |  | prating against |  | us; |  | and |  | not |  | satisfied |  | with |

τουτοις |  | ουτε |  | αυτος |  | επιδεχεται |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | και |  | τους |  | βουλομενους
these, |  | neither |  | himself |  | receives |  | the |  | brethren, |  | and |  | those who |  | would

| κωλυει |  | και |  | εκ |  | της |  | εκκλησιας |  | εκβαλλει |  |
| he forbids, |  | and |  | from |  | the |  | assembly |  | casts [them] out. |  |

| 11 | αγαπητε |  | μη |  | μιμου |  | το |  | κακον |  | αλλα |  | το |  | αγαθον |  | ο |
|  | Beloved, |  | do not imitate |  | ♦ |  | that which |  | [is] evil, |  | but |  | what [is] |  | good. |  | He that |

αγαθοποιων |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | δε |  | κακοποιων |  | ουχ |  | εωρακεν |  | τον |
does good, |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | is; |  | but hethat |  | ♦ |  | does evil |  | not 2 |  | has seen 1 |  | ♦ |

θεον |  |
God. |  |

| 12 | δημητριω |  | μεμαρτυρηται |  | υπο |  | παντων |  | και |  | υπ |  | αυτης |  | της |  | αληθειας |  | και |
|  | To Demetrius |  | witness is borne |  | by |  | all, |  | and |  | by |  | itself 3 |  | the 1 |  | truth; 2 |  | and |

ημεις |  | δε |  | μαρτυρουμεν |  | και |  | οιδατε |  | οτι |  | η |  | μαρτυρια |  | ημων |  | αληθης |
we |  | also |  | bear witness, |  | and |  | ye know |  | that |  | our witness |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | true 2 |

εστιν |  |
is. 1 |  |

| 13 | πολλα |  | ειχον |  | γραφειν |  | αλλ |  | ου |  | θελω |  | δια |  | μελανος |  | και |  | καλαμου |
|  | Many things |  | I had |  | to write, |  | but |  | I will not |  | ♦ |  | with |  | ink |  | and |  | pen |

σοι |  | γραψαι |  |
to 3 thee 4 |  | to 1 write; 2 |  |

| 14 | ελπιζω |  | δε |  | ευθεως |  | ιδειν |  | σε |  | και |  | στομα |  | προς |  | στομα |  | λαλησομεν |
|  | but I hope |  | ♦ |  | immediately |  | to see |  | thee, |  | and |  | mouth |  | to |  | mouth |  | we shall speak. |

ειρηνη |  | σοι |  | ασπαζονται |  | σε |  | οι |  | φιλοι |  | ασπαζου |  | τους |  | φιλους |  | κατ |  | ονομα
Peace |  | to thee. |  | Salute 3 |  | thee 4 |  | the 1 |  | friends. 2 |  | Salute |  | the |  | friends |  | by |  | name.