3 John

About John's third letter

John who wrote this letter was the apostle John. He also wrote the letters 1 John and 2 John, as well as John's Gospel and the Book of Revelation. John was an old man. He talks about believers as if they are his children.
John wrote this letter to a person called Gaius. John is sad, because Diotrephes is causing Christians to have problems. Also, Diotrephes is saying bad things about John. He is telling lies. John is warning Gaius not to copy Diotrephes.

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