1:1 
    [kjv]  The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
    [bbe]  I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
1:2  
    [kjv]  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
    [bbe]  My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.
1:3  
    [kjv]  For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
    [bbe]  For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.
1:4  
    [kjv]  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
    [bbe]  I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
1:5
    [kjv]  Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
    [bbe]  My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
1:6
    [kjv]  Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
    [bbe]  Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
1:7
    [kjv]  Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
    [bbe]  For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
1:8
    [kjv]  We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
    [bbe]  So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.
1:9  
    [kjv]  I wrote unto ............