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1\u00a0<\/sup>The Elder, t<\/span>o the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>For I\u00a0rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth\u00a0that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>I have no greater\u00a0joy than to hear that\u00a0my children walk in truth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

beloved (v.1) \u2014 John also calls Gaius beloved in vs.2, 5, and 11.<\/h3>\n

prosper (v.2) = lit. “have a pleasant trip,” or, get along well<\/h3>\n

The Apostle prayed “above all things” that Gaius might be as healthy in body as he was in soul. This suggests that he was not strong physically (v.2). The prayer conflicts with the teaching which states that full physical health accompanies full spiritual health. \u2014 Williams, page 1020.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gaius may have been recovering from an illness. Nevertheless, his soul was prospering from attending to things of the Lord. \u2014 Grace, page 2229.<\/span><\/h3>\n

or …<\/h3>\n

The verb hugiaino<\/em>, to be in health (Eng. hygiene), is used of physical fitness. This does not imply that Gaius was in poor health or was suffering poverty; it certainly provides an example of, and encouragement to, prayer for material blessings for fellow-believers. \u2014 Vine, page 122.<\/span><\/h3>\n

brethren came and testified (v.3) \u2014 tense indicates this was a recurring event. Lit. “I rejoiced greatly at brethren coming and witnessing.”<\/h3>\n

just as you walk (v.3) \u2014 The [“you”] is emphatic; it suggests that this is set in contrast to the conduct of Diotrephes. To walk in truth is to love according to the teaching and standard of the doctrines of the faith and revealed by God. \u2014 Vine, page 123.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

my children (v.4) \u2014 They were brought to a saving knowledge of Christ through the Apostle himself. “The truth” here signifies all the doctrines of the faith, and that as embodied and manifested in Christ, Himself “the Truth.” To walk in the truth is to live the life of the true follower of Christ, in all the activities of Christian conduct, a life of progressing towards a goal. \u2014 Vine, page 123.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1\u00a0The Elder, to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: 2\u00a0Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3\u00a0For I\u00a0rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-john"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10006,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions\/10006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}