3 John Chapter 1, Verse 1
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1: ο πρεσβυτερος γαιω τω αγαπητω ον εγω αγαπω εν αληθεια
1: The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
1: The Ancient, to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
Unto the well-beloved Gaius. Three persons of this name are elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament -- Gaius, whom Paul in Rom 16:23 calls "his host," and whom he says (1Cor 1:15) he baptized, residing at Corinth, ("Rom 16:23";) Gaius of Macedonia, one of Paul's companions in travel, who was arrested by an excited mob at Ephesus, (Acts 19:29;)and Gaius of Derbe, who went with Paul and Timothy into Asia, Acts 20:4. Whether either of these persons is referred to here, cannot with certainty be determined. If it were any of them, it was probably the last-mentioned -- Gaius of Derbe. There is no objection to the supposition that he was the one, unless it be from the fact that this epistle was probably written many years after the transaction mentioned in Acts 20:4, and the probability that Gaius might not have lived so long. The name was not an uncommon one, and it cannot be determined now who he was, or where he lived. Whether he had any office in the church is unknown, but he seems to have been a man of wealth and influence. The word translated "well-beloved," means simply beloved. It shows that he was a personal friend of the writer of this epistle.
Whom I love in the truth, Marg., "or truly." "2 Jn 1:1".
- "in the truth" "truly" Second Epistle, ver. 1.
