Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

² Beloved, I pray that all is going well with you, and that you are every bit as healthy physically as you are spiritually. ³ I was absolutely delighted, you see, when some of the family arrived and bore witness to your truthfulness, since clearly you are walking in the truth. ⁴ Nothing gives me greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

⁵ Beloved, when you are doing all that you do for family members, even when they are strangers, you are doing a faithful work. ⁶ These people have borne witness to your love in the presence of the assembly, and you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. ⁷ They went out for the sake of the Name, not accepting help from outsiders. ⁸ We ought to support people like that, so that we may become fellow workers with the truth.