1. From the elder. To my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love.
2. Dear friend, I’m praying that all is well with you and that you enjoy good health in the same way that you prosper spiritually.
3. I was overjoyed when the brothers and sisters arrived and spoke highly of your faithfulness to the truth, shown by how you live according to the truth.
4. I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.