THE elder to the elect Curia and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,

And now I beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but [one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward.

Having many things to write, I do not wish to write with paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full.