who wrote john 3 16 in the bible?
Gospel of John
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 The Third Epistle of John , often referred to as Third John and written 3 John , is the antepenultimate book of the New Testament and attributed to John the Evangelist , traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John . The Third Epistle of John is a private letter composed to a man named Gaius , recommending to him a group of Christians led by Demetrius , which had come to preach the gospel in the area where Gaius lived . The purpose of the letter is to encourage and strengthen Gaius , and to warn him against Diotrephes , who refuses to cooperate with the author of the letter . 

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 If 3 John was written by John the Apostle , however , it is strange that Diotrephes would oppose him since the apostles were highly respected in the early church . One possible alternative view of the epistle 's authorship arises from a fragment written by Papias of Hierapolis and quoted by Eusebius which mentions a man named " the Presbyter John " . However , since nothing else is known of this individual it is not possible to positively identify him as the author of 3 John . 

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 There is no doctrine laid out in 3 John , which is strictly a personal letter , but the overall theme is the importance of hospitality , especially when it comes to men who were working to spread the gospel . Third John is the shortest book of the Bible by word count , though 2 John has fewer verses . It is the only New Testament book which does not contain the names " Jesus " or " Christ " . 

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 John 1 : 28 ; 10 : 8 ; 13 : 20 

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 3 John is preserved in many of the old manuscripts of the New Testament . Of the Greek great uncial codices , codices Sinaiticus , Alexandrinus , and Vaticanus contain all three Johannine epistles , while Codex Ephraemi contains 3 John 3 – 15 along with 1 John 1 : 1 – 4 . Codex Bezae , while missing most of the Catholic epistles , contains 3 John 11 – 15 in Latin translation . In languages other than Greek , the Vulgate and the Sahidic , Armenian , Philoxenian Syriac , and Aethiopic versions contain all three epistles . Between the different copies there are no major difficulties or differences , meaning that there is very little doubt over determining the original text . 
