SERMON III.
spiritual prosperity of gaius.
"The elder, unto the well-beloved Gaius whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth."
3 Epis. John 1, 2, 3 vs.
This epistle is addressed to some converted Gentile called Gaius. But as there are three persons of this name mentioned in the New Testament, there is an uncertainty with regard to the one particularly referred to. There is one Gaius of Corinth, whom St. Paul calls his "host, and" the host of "the whole Church."[1] There is another named
- ↑ Rom. xvi. 23.
