1 From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.
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.
3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
5 Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).
6 They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
7 For they have gone forth on behalf of “The Name,” accepting nothing from the pagans.