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3Jo 1-14.
ADDRESS: WISH FOR GAIUS' PROSPERITY: JOY AT HIS WALKING IN THE TRUTH. HOSPITALITY TO THE BRETHREN AND STRANGERS THE FRUIT OF LOVE. DIOTREPHES' OPPOSITION AND AMBITION. PRAISE OF DEMETRIUS. CONCLUSION.
1. I--emphatical. I personally, for my part. On Gaius or Caius, see my
Introduction
before Second Epistle.
love in the truth--
(2Jo 1).
"Beloved" is repeated often in this Epistle, indicating strong affection
(3Jo 1, 2, 5, 11).
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2. 凡事——希腊文为"关于凡事"：阿尔福德（Alford）如此认为：即在凡事上。但瓦尔（Wahl）则认为英文译本的译法更为恰当（比较
彼前 4:8）。
当然，由于他的灵魂兴旺已被设定为前提，"凡事"并不意味着约翰将该犹身体的健康置于灵魂的健康之上，而是将其作为属灵健康之外的首要愿望。我知道你的灵魂凡事兴盛，我也愿你的身体同样兴盛。或许约翰已从弟兄们那里
（约叁 3）
听说该犹身体欠佳，并且在其他方面也遭遇试炼
（约叁 10），
而约叁 2
的祝愿正是针对这些试炼而发的。
兴盛——就总体而言。
健壮——就具体而言。
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2. above all things--Greek, "concerning all things": so ALFORD: in all respects. But WAHL justifies English Version (compare
1Pe 4:8).
Of course, since his soul's prosperity is presupposed, "above all things" does not imply that John wishes Gaius' bodily health above that of his soul, but as the first object to be desired next after spiritual health. I know you are prospering in the concerns of your soul. I wish you similar prosperity in your body. Perhaps John had heard from the brethren
(3Jo 3)
that Gaius was in bad health, and was tried in other ways
(3Jo 10),
to which the wish,
3Jo 2,
refers.
prosper--in general.
be in health--in particular.
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3. 有真理存在你里面作见证——希腊文为"关于（或'向'）你的真理"：即你所行的那真理中你所有的分〔阿尔福德（Alford）〕。
正如你——与丢特腓形成对比
（约叁 9）。
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3. testified of the truth that is in thee--Greek, "of" (or 'to') thy truth": thy share of that truth in which thou walkest [ALFORD].
even as thou--in contrast to Diotrephes
(3Jo 9).
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4. 我的儿女——教会的成员：这证实了"蒙拣选的妇人"是一个教会的见解。
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4. my children--members of the Church: confirming the view that the "elect lady" is a Church.
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5. 忠心——一个忠信之人所当有的行为。
你无论做什么——与前文的"做"是不同的希腊文词：当译为"作工"：即你所行的任何工作，或爱的劳苦。因此
太 26:10，
"她在我身上作了一件美事。"
接待客旅——最古老的抄本作"并且（即'并且那些弟兄'）是客旅"。你所接待的弟兄是"客旅"这一事实，更彰显了此行为中所显出的爱。
英文原文
5. faithfully--an act becoming a faithful man.
whatsoever thou doest--a distinct Greek word from the former "doest": translate, "workest": whatsoever work, or labor of love, thou dost perform. So
Mt 26:10,
"She hath wrought a good work upon me."
and to strangers--The oldest manuscripts, "and that (that is, and those brethren) strangers." The fact of the brethren whom thou didst entertain being "strangers," enhances the love manifested in the act.
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6. 在教会面前见证了你的爱——藉着良好的榜样来激励众人。受该犹如此款待的弟兄们是传道的宣教士
（约叁 7）；
而且，很可能在讲述他们宣教的事工以造就约翰当时所在的教会时，他们顺便提及了该犹向他们所显出的爱心款待。
送行——"你若（继续）为他们送行"，即为他们提供路上的所需。
配得过神——希腊文，"以配得过神的方式"，因为他们是神的大使，而你是神的仆人。尊重神的宣教仆人
（约叁 7）
的人，就是尊重神。
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6. borne witness of thy charity before the church--to stimulate others by the good example. The brethren so entertained by Gaius were missionary evangelists
(3Jo 7);
and, probably, in the course of narrating their missionary labors for the edification of the Church where John then was, incidentally mentioned the loving hospitality shown them by Gaius.
bring forward on their journey--"If thou (continue to) forward on their journey" by giving them provisions for the way.
after a godly sort--Greek, "in a manner worthy of God," whose ambassadors they are, and whose servant thou art. He who honors God's missionary servants
(3Jo 7),
honors God.
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7. 因他的名——基督的名。
往外去——作为宣教士。
什么也不受——拒绝以报酬或生活供养的方式接受任何东西，尽管他们理当获得，正如保罗在哥林多和帖撒罗尼迦时所作的。
外邦人——指他们从外邦人中刚刚召聚出来的基督徒。既然该犹本人是外邦归信者，这里的"外邦人"必定是指刚刚从外邦人中归信的人，即他们所前往的外邦人。从外邦人中初建的教会接受任何东西是不适宜的（希腊文"meden"（一点也不）所暗示的，并非他们虽然渴望却得不着什么，而是他们不取什么完全是出于自己的选择）：但接受该犹的款待则另当别论。
英文原文
7. his name's sake--Christ's.
went forth--as missionaries.
taking nothing--refusing to receive aught by way of pay, or maintenance, though justly entitled to it, as Paul at Corinth and at Thessalonica.
Gentiles--the Christians just gathered out by their labors from among the heathen. As Gaius himself was a Gentile convert, "the Gentiles" here must mean the converts just made from the heathen, the Gentiles to whom they had gone forth. It would have been inexpedient to have taken aught (the Greek "meden" implies, not that they got nothing, though they had desired it, but that it was of their own choice they took nothing) from the infant churches among the heathen: the case was different in receiving hospitality from Gaius.
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8. 我们——与上文约叁 7
所指的"外邦人"或"不信的人"相对照。
所以——因为他们不从外邦人或外教者那里接受什么。
接待——最古老的抄本作"接应"。既然他们从外邦人那里什么也不"受"，我们就当接应他们以支持他们。
同工——与他们一同。
为真理——即为促进真理。
英文原文
8. We--in contradistinction to "the Gentiles" or "heathen" referred to,
3Jo 7.
therefore--as they take nothing from the Gentiles or heathen.
receive--The oldest manuscripts read, "take up." As they "take" nothing from the Gentiles, we ought to take them up so as to support them.
fellow helpers--with them.
to the truth--that is, to promote the truth.
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9. 我曾写信——最古老的抄本加有"一些"：很可能是一封关于以弟兄之爱接待弟兄
（约叁 8、10）
之事的通信。那封信不是圣灵为普世教会所定的，否则它必会被保存下来。
给教会——即该犹所属的教会。
好为首——出于野心。显然他在该犹所在的教会中占据高位
（约叁 10）。
在他们中间——在教会成员之上。
不接待我们——实际上是说，不接待我们所推荐要接待的弟兄
（约叁 8、10；
比较
太 10:40）。
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9. I wrote--The oldest manuscripts add "something": a communication, probably, on the subject of receiving the brethren with brotherly love
(3Jo 8, 10).
That Epistle was not designed by the Spirit for the universal Church, or else it would have been preserved.
unto the church--of which Gaius is a member.
loveth . . . pre-eminence--through ambition. Evidently occupying a high place in the Church where Gaius was
(3Jo 10).
among them--over the members of the Church.
receiveth us not--virtually, namely, by not receiving with love the brethren whom we recommended to be received
(3Jo 8, 10;
compare
Mt 10:40).
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10. 若我来了——
（约叁 14）。
我必提说——字面意思是"我要提醒"，即在众人面前藉着揭发和惩治来提醒。
妄言——以无稽的胡言乱语。
他自己不接待弟兄——以款待而言。"弟兄"是指旅途中的宣教士。
禁止那愿意接待的人——愿意接待他们的人。
把人赶出——将愿意接待弟兄的人逐出教会，这是他作为其中的首要人物
（约叁 9）
所具有的影响力使他能做到的。尼安德（Neander）认为这些宣教士按出身是犹太人，因此称赞他们不从外邦人那里接受什么：这与其他犹太宣教士形成对比，后者在其他地方滥用传道人受供养的权利，正如保罗告诉我们的，
林后 11:22；
腓 3:2、5、19。
而在外邦教会中存在一个反犹太倾向的极端保罗派，即马吉安（Marcion）的先驱：丢特腓可能正是这一派的首领，这一事实连同他专横的性情，或可解释他对宣教士以及使徒约翰的敌意——约翰曾藉着爱的力量试图调和亚细亚各教会中不同的派别。后来我们知道，马吉安只依附于保罗，而对约翰的权柄毫不尊重。
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10. if I come--
(3Jo 14).
I will remember--literally, "I will bring to mind" before all by stigmatizing and punishing.
prating--with mere silly tattle.
neither doth he . . . receive the brethren--with hospitality. "The brethren" are the missionaries on their journey.
forbiddeth them that would--receive them.
casteth them--those that would receive the brethren, by excommunication from the Church, which his influence, as a leading man
(3Jo 9)
in it, enabled him to do. NEANDER thinks that the missionaries were JEWS by birth, whence it is said in their praise they took nothing from THE GENTILES: in contrast to other Jewish missionaries who abused ministers' right of maintenance elsewhere, as Paul tells us,
2Co 11:22; Php 3:2, 5, 19.
Now in the Gentile churches there existed an ultra-Pauline party of anti-Jewish tendency, the forerunners of Marcion: Diotrephes possibly stood at the head of this party, which fact, as well as this domineering spirit, may account for his hostility to the missionaries, and to the apostle John, who had, by the power of love, tried to harmonize the various elements in the Asiatic churches. At a later period, Marcion, we know, attached himself to Paul alone, and paid no deference to the authority of John.
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11. 不要效法恶——正如在丢特腓身上所显明的
（约叁 9、10）。
只要效法善——正如在低米丢身上所显明的
（约叁 12）。
是属神的——是从那良善的神而生。
未曾看见神——在属灵意义上，而非字面意义。
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11. follow not that which is evil--as manifested in Diotrephes
(3Jo 9, 10).
but . . . good--as manifested in Demetrius
(3Jo 12).
is of God--is born of God, who is good.
hath not seen God--spiritually, not literally.
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12. 众人——即一切有机会了解他品格的人。
真理本身——真理的福音标准为他作见证，证明他行事与真理相符，有真实的爱心和对弟兄的款待（与丢特腓形成对照）等等。比较
约 3:21
"行真理的必来就光，要显明他所行的是靠神而行。"
我们也——除了"众人"和"真理本身"的见证之外。
你们知道——最古老的抄本作"你知道"。
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12. of all men--who have had opportunity of knowing his character.
of the truth itself--The Gospel standard of truth bears witness to him that he walks conformably to it, in acts of real love, hospitality to the brethren (in contrast to Diotrephes), &c. Compare
Joh 3:21
"He that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God."
we also--besides the testimony of "all men," and "of the truth itself."
ye know--The oldest manuscripts read, "thou knowest."
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13. 我不愿——按希腊文，更确切地译为"我不愿……再写"。
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13. I will not--rather as Greek, "I wish not . . . to write" more.
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14. 面对面——希腊文为"口对口"。
平安——良心的内在平安、友谊的弟兄之平安、荣耀的属天平安〔吕拉（Lyra）〕。
朋友——在新约中很少使用的称谓，因为已被"弟兄、弟兄们"这更高的称谓所吸纳。然而基督也承认朋友这一关系，其根基最为崇高——即出于爱对祂的顺服，并带来最高的特权——得以进入圣洁荣耀的神与体恤人的救主之亲密相交之中；因此基督徒在基督里有"朋友"。在这封亲切的书信中，提及"朋友"是恰当的。
按名——不亚于他们的名字被记录下来〔本格尔（Bengel）〕。
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《圣经全书批判与解经注释》（Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible）（1871）
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14. face to face--Greek, "mouth to mouth."
Peace--peace inward of conscience, peace fraternal of friendship, peace supernal of glory [LYRA].
friends--a title seldom used in the New Testament, as it is absorbed in the higher titles of "brother, brethren." Still Christ recognizes the relation of friend also, based on the highest grounds, obedience to Him from love, and entailing the highest privileges, admission to the intimacy of the holy and glorious God, and sympathizing Saviour; so Christians have "friends" in Christ. Here in a friendly letter, mention of "friends" appropriately occurs.
by name--not less than if their names were written [BENGEL].
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约叁 1-14.
问安： 愿该犹 兴旺： 为他 行在 真理中 而喜乐。 款待弟兄 与客旅是 爱的 果子。 丢特腓的 反对 与野心。 对低米丢的 称赞。 结语。
1. 我——着重语气的表达。我本人，就我而言。关于该犹（Gaius）或迦约（Caius），请参阅我在《贰书》之前所写的
《绪论》
。
在真理中所爱——
（约贰 1）。
"所亲爱的"一词在本书信中多次重复，表明了深厚的感情
（约叁 1、2、5、11）。