Three men and a test — hospitality honored, ambition exposed.
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in ______."
By word count, 3 John is the shortest book in the entire Bible — even shorter than 2 John, though both are a single chapter.
The letter is a tale of three men: Gaius the generous host, Diotrephes 'who loveth to have the preeminence,' and Demetrius with a good report. Choose your character wisely.
3 John never uses the name 'Jesus' or 'Christ' — unique in the New Testament — yet every line is about faithfulness to His truth.
John coins one of Scripture's kindest phrases here, praying Gaius may 'prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.'