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.

Dear friend, it is loyal of you to do anything you can for the brothers, especially as they are strangers;

For they have started out for the sake of the cause, and they are accepting nothing from the heathen.

So we ought to support such men, to show that we are ready to co-operate with the truth.