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3 John |
 The New Testament Third Epistle of John (often referred to as 3 John),
written in the form of an Epistle, is the 64th book of the Bible.
3 John?the second-shortest book of the Christian Bible by number of verses and
shortest in regard to number of words (according to the Authorized King James
Version)?is written by a man identified only as "the presbyteros".
While the letter is addressed to Gaius (Caius), scholars are uncertain if this
Caius is the Christian Caius in Macedonia (Acts 19:29), the Caius in Corinth
(Romans 16:23) or the Caius in Derbe (Acts 20:4).
Indications within the letter suggest a genuine private letter, written to
commend to Gaius a party of Christians led by Demetrius, who were strangers to
the place where he lived, and who had gone on a mission to preach the gospel
(verse 7). The purpose of the letter is to encourage and strengthen Caius, and
to warn him against the party headed by Diotrephes, who refuses to cooperate
with the presbyteros who is writing.
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