5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and to strangers; Compare verse1 commentary
6 Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, you shall do well: Compare verse1 commentary
7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. Compare verse3 commentaries
8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. Compare verse3 commentaries
9 I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not. Compare verse3 commentaries
10 Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church. Compare verse3 commentaries
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God. Compare verse3 commentaries
12 Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yes, and we also bear record; and you know that our record is true. Compare verse4 commentaries
13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to you: Compare verse
14 But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. Our friends salute you. Greet the friends by name. Compare verse2 commentaries