Objection: The Word YOU in 3 John 2 Is Singular, Proving That It Was Only for Gaius, Not the Whole Church

This is a real last-ditch effort to try to prove that God doesn’t want ALL of us to be in health and prosper, even as our souls prosper.  The only “prosperity” associated with this objection is that it succeeds in being ridiculous!

Jesus actually used the singular “you” multiple times in His “sermon on the mount.”  By the objector’s logic, what Jesus said could not have been for everyone!

Also, by the same logic, you could wipe out just about everything in 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus, as these letters were written to a specific individual just as 3 John was.  Do we conclude that because “you” is singular throughout those books that the contents of these books are not for the whole church but only for Timothy and Titus?

This objection will take us down some very dark roads if we follow it to its natural conclusion!  The books of the Bible are canonized because of their applicability to all of us.  If they were just friendly little “wish you well” letters, there would be no point in including them in the New Testament!