1. The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
2. Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.
3. For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brethren came and bore testimony to thy holding fast the truth, even as thou walkest in truth.
4. I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.
5. Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,