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King James Bible 1611
| 1:1 | The Elder vnto the welbeloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth: |
| 1:2 | Beloued, I wish aboue all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, euen as thy soule prospereth. |
| 1:3 | For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, euen as thou walkest in the trueth. |
| 1:4 | I haue no greater ioy, then to heare that my children walke in truth. |
| 1:5 | Beloued, thou doest faithfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the Brethren, and to strangers: |
| 1:6 | Which haue borne witnesse of thy charitie before the Church: whome if thou bring forward on their iourney after a godly sort, thou shalt doe well: |
| 1:7 | Because that for his Names sake they went foorth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. |
| 1:8 | We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be fellow helpers to the trueth. |
| 1:9 | I wrote vnto the Church, but Diotrephes, who loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not. |
| 1:10 | Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against vs with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth hee himselfe receiue the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the Church. |
| 1:11 | Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good. He that doth good, is of God: but hee that doth euill, hath not seene God. |
| 1:12 | Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and we also beare record, and ye know that our record is true. |
| 1:13 | I had many things to write, but I will not with inke and pen write vnto thee. |
| 1:14 | But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and wee shall speake face to face. Peace bee to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.