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New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
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| 5 | My dear friend, you show a fine loyalty in everything that you do for these our fellow-Christians, strangers though they are to you. | Cooperation and Opposition 3Jn.1.5-12 | Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοῦτο ξένους, |
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| 6 | They have spoken of your kindness before the congregation here. Please help them on their journey in a manner worthy of the God we serve. | | οἳ ἐμαρΤύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας, οὓς καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ· |
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| 7 | It was on Christ's work that they went out; and they would accept nothing from pagans. | | ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐξῆλθον μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνικῶν. |
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| 8 | We are bound to support such men, and so play our part in spreading the truth.
| | ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ὑπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. |
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| 9 | I sent a letter to the congregation, but Diotrephes, their would-be leader, Or: who enjoys being their leader. will have nothing to do with us. | | Ἔγραψά τι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἀλλ' ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρέφης οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς. |
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| 10 | If I come, I will bring up the things he is doing. He lays baseless and spiteful charges against us; not satisfied with that, he refuses to receive our friends, and he interferes with those who would do so, and tries to expel them from the congregation.
| | διὰ τοῦτο, ἐὰν ἐλθω, ὑπομνήσω αὐτοῦ τὰ ἐργα ἂ ποιεῖ, λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς· καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοὺς βουλομ ένους κωλύει καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει. |
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| 11 | My dear friend, do not imitate bad examples, but good ones. The well-doer is a child of God; the evildoer has never seen God.
| | Ἀγαπητέ, μὴ μιμοῦ τὸ κακὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀγαθόν. ὁ ἀγαθοποιῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν· ὁ κακοποιῶν οὐχ ἑώρακεν τὸν θεόν. |
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| 12 | Demetrius gets a good testimonial from everybody—yes, and from the truth itself. I add my testimony, and you know that my testimony is true.
| | Δημητρίῳ μεμαρΤύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ ὑπὸ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας· καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστιν. |
