The Elder to the Elect Lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth.

I love you for the sake of the truth which is abiding in us and will be with us forever.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.

And now I am entreating you, Lady, not as though I were writing some new commandment to you, but one which we have had from the beginning, let us love one another.

And this is love, that we should lead our lives according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should pass your life in love.