1:1 From 1 the elder, 2 to Gaius 3 my dear brother, whom I love in truth. 4 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. 5 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 6
1:4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear 7 that my children are living according to the truth. 8
1:5 Dear friend, 9 you demonstrate faithfulness 10 by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers). 1:6 They 11 have testified to your love before the church. 12 You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 13 1:7 For they have gone forth 14 on behalf of “The Name,” 15 accepting nothing from the pagans. 16 1:8 Therefore we 17 ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth. 18