1. From the elder. To the chosen gentlewoman and her children, whom I truly love (and I am not the only one, but also all who know the truth),
2. because of the truth that remains with us and will be with us forever.
3. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be ours who live in truth and love.
4. I was overjoyed to find some of your children living in the truth, just as we had been commanded by the Father.
5. Now, dear friends, I am requesting that we love each other. It’s not as though I’m writing a new command to you, but it’s one we have had from the beginning.