Beloved, follow not that which is evil. To this caution and counsel a reason is respectively subjoined. The practice of goodness is the evidence of our filial happy relation to God. Evil-workers vainly pretend or boast an acquaintance with God. But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.
Peace be to thee.
Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. The character of another person, one Demetrius, not much known otherwise. But here his name will live. A name in the gospel, a fame in the churches, is better than that of sons and daughters.