The Elder to my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love.

Dear friend, it is my prayer that everything is going well with you and that you are well; I know it is well with your soul.

For it makes me exceedingly happy to have some brothers come and testify to the truth of your life, for you are guided by truth.

I know of no greater blessing than hearing that my children are being guided by the truth.

So if I come, I will bring up the things that he is doing, and how he is maliciously accusing me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he is interfering with those who want to do so, and has them put out of the church.

Everybody testifies to Demetrius; the truth itself does; I testify to him too, and you know that my testimony to him is true.

I hope to see you very soon and we will talk face to face. Goodbye. Our friends wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to our friends, every one.