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I, the elder, am writing this letter. I am sending it to you, my dear friend Gaius. I love you because of the truth.
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Dear friend, I know that your spiritual life is going well. I pray that you also may enjoy good health. And I pray that everything else may go well with you.
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Some believers came to me and told me that you are faithful to the truth. They told me that you continue to live by it. That gave me great joy.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living by the truth.
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Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the believers. You are faithful even though they are strangers to you.
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They have told the church about your love. Please help them by sending them on their way in a manner that honors God.
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They started on their journey to serve Jesus Christ. They didn't receive any help from those who aren't believers.