¹ The elder,^(A)

To the lady chosen by God^(B) and to her children, whom I love in the truth^(C)—and not I only, but also all who know the truth^(D)— ² because of the truth,^(E) which lives in us^(F) and will be with us forever:

¹ The elder,^(A)

To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children^(A) are walking in the truth.^(B)