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英文原文
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. 凡事興盛——希臘文作「論及凡事」：阿爾福德（Alford）據此讀作「在凡事上」。但瓦爾（Wahl）則為英文欽定本的譯法辯護（比較
彼前 4:8）。
當然，既然他的靈魂興盛乃是前提，則「凡事」並不意味約翰願該猶身體的健康勝過其靈魂的健康，而是作為屬靈健康之後首先當願的事。我知道你在靈魂的事上興盛。我願你的身體也照樣興盛。也許約翰已從弟兄們那裡
（約參 3）
聽聞該猶健康欠佳，並且在其他方面也遭受試煉
（約參 10），
那祝願，
約參 2，
即指此而言。
興盛——就總體而言。
身體健壯——就具體而言。
英文原文
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. 你心裡存的真理為你作見證——希臘文作「論及（或向）你的真理」：即你所行的那真理中你所領受的分〔阿爾福德（Alford）〕。
正如你——與丟特腓形成對比
（約參 9）。
英文原文
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. 我的兒女——教會的成員：這證實了「蒙揀選的太太」是指一所教會的看法。
英文原文
4. my children--members of the Church: confirming the view that the "elect lady" is a Church.
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5. 忠心地——忠信之人當有的行為。
凡你所行的——這是一個與前文「作」不同的希臘文詞：當譯為「作工」：你所行的任何工作，即愛心的勞苦。所以
太 26:10，
「她在我身上作的是一件美事。」
也是作客旅的——最古抄本作「（即那些弟兄）作客旅的」。你所接待的弟兄為「客旅」，這一事實使該行為中所彰顯的愛心更加顯著。
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. 在教會面前見證你的愛心——藉美好的榜樣激勵他人。該猶所接待的弟兄乃是傳道的福音使者
（約參 7）；
也許他們在講述自己的宣教事工以造就約翰當時所在的教會時，順帶提到該猶向他們所施的愛心接待。
送他們前行——「你若（繼續）供給路上的需用為他們送行。」
配得上神——希臘文作「以配得上神的方式」：他們是神的使者，你是神的僕人。尊敬神宣教之僕的人
（約參 7），
就是尊敬神。
英文原文
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. 為祂的名——基督的名。
出去——作宣教士。
甚麼也不接受——拒絕以報酬或贍養之名接受任何事物，儘管按理他們有權如此，正如保羅在哥林多和帖撒羅尼迦所作的。
外邦人——他們勞苦所從異教中剛剛招聚出來的基督徒。因該猶自己也是外邦歸信者，此處「外邦人」必指剛從異教歸信之人，即他們所前往的那些外邦人。從異教中初立的教會接受任何事物是不合宜的（希臘文 「meden」暗示，並非他們渴望得著卻得不到，而是他們出於自己的選擇**甚麼也不取）：但從該猶那裡接受接待則情形不同。
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. 我們——與所提「外邦人」或「異教徒」相對，
約參 7。
所以——因為他們不從外邦人或異教徒那裡接受甚麼。
接待——最古抄本作「接載」。他們既從外邦人那裡「不取」甚麼，我們就當接載他們以支持他們。
同工——與他們同作。
為真理——即促進真理。
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. 我曾略略寫信——最古抄本加「幾句」：大概是論及以弟兄之愛接待弟兄之事的書信
（約參 8、10）。
那封書信不是聖靈為普世教會所定的，否則必已保存下來。
給教會——該猶為其成員的教會。
好為首——出於野心。他顯然在該猶所在的教會中居高位
（約參 10）。
在他們中間——在教會成員之上。
不接待我們——實際上，即不以愛心接待我們所推薦當予接待的弟兄
（約參 8、10；
比較
太 10:40）。
英文原文
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. 若我去——
（約參 14）。
我必提說——字面作「我要使之記起」，即當眾加以指斥懲戒。
胡言亂語——只是無聊的閒話。
他自己也不……接待弟兄——以款待接待。「弟兄」乃是在旅途中的宣教士。
禁止那願意的人——接待他們的人。
把他們趕出——把那些願意接待弟兄的人趕出教會，予以除名；他作為其中
（約參 9）
的首要人物，其影響力使他能如此行。尼安得（Neander）認為那些宣教士按出生是猶太人，因此說他們不從外邦人接受甚麼乃是對他們的稱讚：與其他在別處濫用傳道者受贍養之權的猶太宣教士相對照，正如保羅所告訴我們的，
林後 11:22； 腓 3:2、5、19。
而在外邦教會中存在著一股反猶太傾向的極端保羅派，即馬吉安（Marcion）的前驅者：丟特腓可能正站在這一派的首位，這一事實以及他專橫的氣焰，足以解釋他對宣教士以及對曾以愛心之力設法調和亞細亞各教會中不同派別的使徒約翰的敵意。後來我們知道，馬吉安只依附於保羅，對約翰的權威毫不尊重。
英文原文
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. 不要效法惡——如丟特腓所彰顯的
（約參 9、10）。
只要……善——如低米丟所彰顯的
（約參 12）。
是屬乎神——為那良善的神所生。
未曾看見神——在屬靈意義上，而非字面意義。
英文原文
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. 眾人——即凡有機會認識他品格的人。
真理本身——真理的福音標準為他作見證，證明他行事與之相符，即在真實的愛心、對弟兄的接待（與丟特腓成對比）等事上。比較
約 3:21
「但行真理的必來就光，要顯明他所行的是靠神而行。」
我們也——除「眾人」與「真理本身」的見證之外。
你也知道——最古抄本作「你知道」。
英文原文
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——按希臘文，當作「我不願……再寫」。
英文原文
13. I will not--rather as Greek, "I wish not . . . to write" more.
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14. 面對面——希臘文作「口對口」。
平安——良心的內在平安、友誼的兄弟平安、榮耀的屬天平安〔呂拉（Lyra）〕。
朋友——新約聖經中罕用的稱呼，因被更高的稱呼「弟兄」所吸收。然而基督也承認朋友的關係，這是建立在最高的根基上，即因愛而對祂的順服，並帶來最高的特權，即得以親近那聖潔榮耀的神與體恤人的救主；所以基督徒在基督裡有「朋友」。在這封朋友式的書信中，提到「朋友」恰如其分。
按名——不亞於他們的名字被寫出來〔本格爾（Bengel）〕。
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《聖經全書評註與解釋》（1871）
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英文原文
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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約參 1-14.
卷首： 祝願該猶 興旺： 為他在 真理中 行事而歡喜。 向弟兄 並客旅所施的接待乃 愛心的 果子。 丟特腓的 反對與 野心。 對低米丟的 稱讚。 結語。
1. 我——強調用法。我親自，就我而言。關於該猶（Gaius）或該猶（Caius），請見本人在第二封書信之前的
導論
。
在真理中所愛——
（約貳 1）。
「親愛的」一詞在本書信中屢屢重複，表明極深的情誼
（約參 1、2、5、11）。