en_tn/3jn/01/01.md

# General Information:

This is a personal letter from John to Gaius. All instances of "you" and "your" refer to Gaius and are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# The elder

This refers to John, the apostle and disciple of Jesus. He refers to himself as "elder" either because of his old age or because he is a leader in the church. The name of the author can be made explicit: "I, John the elder, am writing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Gaius

This is a fellow believer to whom John is writing this letter. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# whom I love in truth

"whom I truly love"

# all may go well with you and that you may be healthy

"you may do well in all things and be healthy"

# just as it is well with your soul

"just as you are doing well spiritually"

# brothers came

"fellow believers came." These people were probably all male.

# you walk in truth

Walking on a path is a metaphor for how a person lives his life. AT: "you are living your life according to God's truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# my children

John speaks of those he taught to believe in Jesus as though they were his children. This emphasizes his love and concern for them. It could also be that he himself led them to the Lord. AT: "my spiritual children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elder]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`This is a personal letter from John to Gaius. All instances of "you" and "your" refer to Gaius and are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`

			`# The elder`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`This refers to John, the apostle and disciple of Jesus. He refers to himself as "elder" either because of his old age or because he is a leader in the church. The name of the author can be made explicit: "I, John the elder, am writing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Gaius`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`This is a fellow believer to whom John is writing this letter. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# whom I love in truth`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"whom I truly love"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Dealing with mismatches produced by ULB revisions. 2017-09-04 21:30:31 +00:00			`# all may go well with you and that you may be healthy`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"you may do well in all things and be healthy"`

Dealing with mismatches produced by ULB revisions. 2017-09-05 21:49:40 +00:00			`# just as it is well with your soul`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"just as you are doing well spiritually"`

Fixing one-word snippets. 2017-10-11 23:47:42 +00:00			`# brothers came`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Fixing one-word snippets. 2017-10-11 23:47:42 +00:00			`"fellow believers came." These people were probably all male.`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# you walk in truth`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Walking on a path is a metaphor for how a person lives his life. AT: "you are living your life according to God's truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my children`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`John speaks of those he taught to believe in Jesus as though they were his children. This emphasizes his love and concern for them. It could also be that he himself led them to the Lord. AT: "my spiritual children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elder]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]`
Dealing with mismatches produced by ULB revisions. 2017-09-01 14:46:16 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]`
Relinking after pages combined. 2017-09-14 17:45:02 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]`