The elder unto the elect Kuria and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but likewise all who know the truth, For the truth's sake,

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

This is the seducer and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things we have wrought, but receive a full reward.

receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds.

Having many things to write to you, I was not minded to write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.