The elder unto the excellent Lady, and her children, whom I love in truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

And now I beseech thee, Lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another.

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.