JOHN
CHAPTER 1
John commends Gaius for his help to those who love the truth. headquarters. It is sent to, say, a ward and there's a letter saying, "Hey, in your ward specifically, please take these teachings to heart." And then maybe there's a separate little note to the bishop specifically talking about these things. [ 3rd John seems to be a letter to a specific person named Gaius. We might think of it like here is a copy of a letter from Church. ]
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
6 Which have borne witness of thy charity [ True power from God is safeguarded by one attribute alone and that is charity. This is one of the foremost attribues of Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ. So when we talk about charity what God is saying is in order to wield my power I need to know that you have an eye single to the glory of God - the immortality and eternal life of man. ] before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: [ So we have these individuals that seem to be trying to take
the Church in a different direction and in fact one biblical
commentary says that the Johannine epistles, quote,
"describe the fracturing of the Johannine community
itself." ] and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.