Imagine if you had been there as John began to write this letter. Perhaps he’s dictating it to Demetrius. He says, “I have no greater joy . . .” and pauses. Wouldn’t you say, “Jesus. Say Jesus. You have no greater joy than Jesus, right?”
But John turns and says, “I have no greater joy than Gaius — no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
