I.
Introduction
1:1-4
A.
Loving in truthfulness
v.1
3 John 1
:1
1:1
The 1elder to
2Gaius the
abeloved, whom I
blove in
3ctruthfulness.
B.
Prospering in all things and in health
v.2
3 John 1
:2
1:2
Beloved, concerning
1all things I
2wish that you may
3prosper and be in
4health, even as your
5soul 3prospers.
C.
Walking in the truth
vv. 3-4
3 John 1
:3
1:3
For I
1rejoiced greatly at the brothers' coming and
atestifying to
2your steadfastness in the truth, even as you
3walk in
4truth.
3 John 1
:4
1:4
I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear that my
achildren are walking in the
btruth.
II.
Hospitality to the traveling workers
vv. 5-8
A.
Given faithfully, in love, and in a manner worthy of God
vv. 5-6
3 John 1
:5
1:5
aBeloved, you do
bfaithfully in
1whatever you have wrought for the brothers, and this
for 2cstrangers,
3 John 1
:6
1:6
Who atestified to your
1love before the
2church; whom you
3will do well to
bsend forward in a manner
4cworthy of God;
B.
By the fellow workers in the truth
vv. 7-8
3 John 1
:7
1:7
For on behalf of the
1aName they went out, taking nothing from the
2Gentiles.
3 John 1
:8
1:8
We therefore ought to
1support such ones that we may become
afellow workers in the
2truth.
III.
Imitation not of the evil but of the good
vv. 9-12
A.
The self-exalting and domineering Diotrephes — an evil pattern
vv. 9-11
3 John 1
:9
1:9
I wrote something to the
1church; but
2Diotrephes, who loves
3to be
afirst among them, does not
4receive us.
3 John 1
:10
1:10
For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does,
1babbling against us with
2evil words; and not being satisfied with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those intending to
do so he forbids and
acasts out of the church.
3 John 1
:11
1:11
Beloved, do not
aimitate the
1bevil, but the good. He who
2does cgood is
3of God; he who
4does evil has
5dnot seen God.
B.
The well-reported Demetrius — a good example
v.12
3 John 1
:12
1:12
To 1Demetrius atestimony has been borne by
2all and by the
3truth itself; and
4we also testify, and you know that our testimony is
5btrue.
IV.
Conclusion
vv. 13-14
A.
The hope for closer fellowship
vv. 13-14a
3 John 1
:13
1:13
I had
amany things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen;
B.
Mutual greetings
v.14
3 John 1
:14
1:14
But I
1ahope to see you shortly, and we will speak
2face to face. Peace to you. The
bfriends greet you. Greet the friends by
cname.
