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<p class="tab-1">In this epistle the apostle congratulates Gaius upon the prosperity of his soul (<a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.1,3John.1.2" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.1,3John.1.2"><span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.1">3 John 1:1</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.2">2</span></a>), upon the fame he had among good Christians (<a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.3,3John.1.4" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.3,3John.1.4"><span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.3">3 John 1:3</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.4">4</span></a>), and upon his charity and hospitality to the servants of Christ, <a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.5,3John.1.6" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.5,3John.1.6"><span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.5">3 John 1:5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.6">6</span></a>. He complains of contemptuous treatment by an ambitious Diotrephes, (<a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.9,3John.1.10" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.9,3John.1.10"><span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.9">3 John 1:9</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.10">10</span></a>), recommends Demetrius, (<a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.12" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.12">3 John 1:12</a>), and expresses his hope of visiting Gaius shortly, <a class="bibleref" title="3John.1.13,3John.1.14" href="/passage/?search=3John.1.13,3John.1.14"><span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.13">3 John 1:13</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="3John.1.14">14</span></a>.</p>
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