john third epistle of

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john third epistle of - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  John, Third Epistle of
  is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of
  that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29) or in Corinth (Rom. 16:23)
  or in Derbe (Acts 20:4) is uncertain. It was written for the
  purpose of commending to Gaius some Christians who were
  strangers in the place where he lived, and who had gone thither
  for the purpose of preaching the gospel (ver. 7).
  
    The Second and Third Epistles were probably written soon after
  the First, and from Ephesus.