² ·My dear friend [^LBeloved], I pray that you are ·doing well [prospering] in ·every way [all respects] and that your health is good, just as ·your soul is doing fine [it is well with your soul; your soul is prospering]. ³ [^LFor] I was very happy when some brothers and sisters came and ·told me [testified] about the truth in your life and how you are ·following [^Lwalking in] the way of truth [2 John 4]. ⁴ Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children [^Cmembers of the church under his spiritual care] are ·following the way of truth [walking in the truth].