1. The elder,To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2. Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, just as you are progressing spiritually.
3. It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.
4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
5. Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you.
6. They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honours God.