'Dear' in the Bible

From: The Elder To: My dear friend Gaius, whom I genuinely love.

Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.

Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.