New Testament · General Letters

3 John

Written by John. Written for A kind church member named Gaius.

Big picture in three sentences

Third John praises Gaius for welcoming traveling teachers.

It warns about a man named Diotrephes who loved to be first.

John says he would rather speak face to face than with ink.

John says he has no greater joy than to hear that his children walk in the truth.

Key verse · 3 John 1:11

“Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.”