'Dear' in the Bible

Dear friends, [although I] was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered [it] a necessity to write to you to encourage [you] to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.

But you, dear friends, remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,