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3 John 1

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 15 verses

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  1. 1

    Ὁ πρεσβύτερος Γαΐῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ

    the · elder · Gaius · the · beloved · who · I · to love · in · truth

  2. 2

    Ἀγαπητέ περὶ πάντων εὔχομαί σε εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν καθὼς εὐοδοῦταί σου ἡ ψυχή

    beloved · about · all · to pray · you · to prosper · and · to be healthy · according as · to prosper · you · the · soul

  3. 3

    ἐχάρην λίαν ἐρχομένων ἀδελφῶν καὶ μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ καθὼς σὺ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ περιπατεῖς

    to rejoice · greatly · to come · brother · and · to testify · you · the · truth · according as · you · in · truth · to walk

  4. 4

    μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ ἔχω χαράν ἵνα ἀκούω τὰ ἐμὰ τέκνα ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα

    great · this · not · to have · joy · that · to hear · the · my · child · in · the · truth · to walk

  5. 5

    Ἀγαπητέ πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοῦτο ξένους

    beloved · faithful · to make · who · if · to work · into · the · brother · and · this · stranger

  6. 6

    οἳ ἐμαρτύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας οὓς καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ

    who · to testify · you · the · brotherly love · before · assembly · who · well · to make · to send before · worthily · the · God

  7. 7

    ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐξῆλθαν μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνικῶν

    over · for · the · name · to come forth · no one · to take · from · the · foreign

  8. 8

    ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ὑπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ

    we · therefore · to owe · to welcome · the · such · that · fellow worker · to become · the · truth

  9. 9

    ἔγραψά τι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀλλ’ ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρέφης οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς

    to write · a certain · the · assembly · but · the · to desire first place · he · Diotrephes · not · to receive · we

  10. 10

    διὰ τοῦτο ἐὰν ἔλθω ὑπομνήσω αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους κωλύει καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει

    through · this · if · to come · to remind · he · the · work · who · to make · word · evil · to speak foolishly · we · and · not · to ward off · upon · this · neither · he · to receive · the · brother · and · the · to will · to hinder · and · the · assembly · to cast out

  11. 11

    Ἀγαπητέ μὴ μιμοῦ τὸ κακὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀγαθόν ὁ ἀγαθοποιῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ κακοποιῶν οὐχ ἑώρακεν τὸν θεόν

    beloved · not · to imitate · the · evil · but · the · good · the · to do good · from · the · God · to be · the · to do evil · not · to see · the · God

  12. 12

    Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ ὑπὸ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστιν

    Demetrius · to testify · under · all · and · under · he · the · truth · and · we · but · to testify · and · to see · that · the · testimony · we · true · to be

  13. 13

    Πολλὰ εἶχον γράψαι σοι ἀλλ’ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράφειν

    many · to have · to write · you · but · not · to will · through · ink · and · reed · you · to write

  14. 14

    ἐλπίζω δὲ εὐθέως σε ἰδεῖν καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσομεν

    to hope · but · immediately · you · to see · and · mouth · to · mouth · to speak

  15. 15

    εἰρήνη σοι ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ’ ὄνομα

    peace · you · to draw · you · the · friend · to draw · the · friend · down · name

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  • 15 Verses
  • 217 Greek words
  • 109 Distinct lemmas

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