Following are a number of back-translations of 3 John 1:2:
- Uma: «Friend! I pray that you are healthy and that you get goodness in everything that you do, like your soul gets goodness.» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: «My beloved friend, I ask God that good may be arriving/happening to you and that your body/you may be healthy for I know that your trust is strong.» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: «Dear brother, I pray for you to God that your situation might become good and that you might be given a good body just like He also has given you strong faith.» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: «My esteemed Gaius, I who have written this, it’s Juan who is a leader of the believers. My love for you (sing.) who are my friend is from-the-heart. May your (sing.) life there be good and your (sing.) body also be strong like the strength of your (sing.) faith.» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: «My dear friend, I am praying that hopefully your situation is always good, and your body strong/healthy like the strength of your believing/obeying which I am hearing news about.» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: «Listen, my dear brother, I ask God that he will help you in what you do and I ask that he will make your strong (in health) just like your beliefs are strong.» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: «Dear Gayo, I ask God that good may always happen to you, and that you may be well as you are well in your head-heart.»
- Eastern Highland Otomi: «Loved one, may God apportion to you his blessing so that you will turn out well. And that your body be healthy like your heart is healthy.»
- Isthmus Zapotec: «Brother whom I love, I know your soul is clean. That-way I hope is your body and in all things you are well (or in good condition).»
- Sayula Popoluca: «I love you very much and I want all you do to turn out well, may you be well as your soul is well.» (Source for this and three above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)