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This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 8:32; 1 John 3:16; 5:11;">[xr]

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.John 20:31; 1 John 1:1-2;">[xr]

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God.the true one">[fn] We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.Isaiah 9:6; 44:6; 54:5; Luke 24:45; John 17:3; 20:28; Acts 20:28; Romans 9:5; 1 Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 1 John 5:11-13;">[xr]

Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would prefer not to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 3 John 1:1:13;">[xr]

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become their helpers in spreading[fn] the truth.

span data-lang="eng" data-trans="isv" data-ref="3jo.1.1" class="versetxt"> From[fn] the elder to my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in truth.[xr] Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy. For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified about your truthfulness and how you live according to the truth.[xr] I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth.[xr] Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers. They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. After all, they went on their trip for the sake of Christ's[fn] name, accepting no support from the Gentiles.[xr] Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become their helpers in spreading[fn] the truth. I wrote a letter[fn] to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, will not accept us. For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to accept the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them and throws them out of the church. Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.[xr] Demetrius has received a good report from everyone, including the truth itself. We, too, can testify to this, and you know that our testimony is true.[xr] Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would rather not write with pen and ink.[xr] Instead, I hope to see you soon and talk face to face. May peace be with you! Your friends greet you. Greet each of our friends by name.

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.Matthew 10:22; 24:13; James 1:12; Revelation 3:11;">[xr]

But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, the one who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.Numbers 24:14; 25:1; 31:16; Acts 15:29; 1 Corinthians 6:13; 8:9-10; 10:19-20; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11; Revelation 1:20;">[xr]

So repent. If you don't, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.Isaiah 11:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 1:16;">[xr]

So remember what you received and heard. Obey it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you won't know the time when I will come to you.Matthew 24:42-43; 25:13; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:39-40; 1 Thessalonians 5:2,6; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 1:11,19; 16:15;">[xr]

I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.Philippians 4:5; Revelation 1:3;">[xr]

Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so that you may be rich, white clothes to wear so that you may keep the shame of your nakedness from showing, and ointment to put on your eyes so that you may see.Isaiah 55:1; Matthew 13:44; 25:9; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Revelation 7:13; 16:15; 19:8;">[xr]

I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent!Job 1:5:17; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5-6; James 1:12;">[xr]

A second horse went out. It was fiery red, and its rider was given permission to take peace away from the earth and to make people slaughter one another. So he was given a large sword.Zechariah 6:2;">[xr]

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the land, on the sea, or on any tree.Daniel 7:2; Revelation 9:4;">[xr]

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from shining, and also the night.Isaiah 13:10; Amos 8:9;">[xr]

So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity.

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. It will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth."Jeremiah 15:16; Ezekiel 2:8; 3:1-3;">[xr]

So I took the small scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was bitter.Ezekiel 2:10; 3:3;">[xr]

Then the witnessesthey; other mss. read I">[fn] heard a loud voice from heaven calling to them, "Come up here!" So they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.2 Kings 2:1,5, 7; Isaiah 14:13; 60:8; Acts 1:9; Revelation 12:5;">[xr]