So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him;

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.