Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. ¹ 

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then ¹  we also ought to love one another. ² 

Little children, guard yourselves from idols. ¹ 

So then, my brothers and sisters, ¹  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

with such affection for you ¹  we were happy ²  to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

Greet Tryphena ¹  and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend ²  Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

From Paul, ¹  a prisoner of Christ Jesus, ²  and Timothy our ³  brother, to Philemon, our dear friend ⁴  and colaborer,

Dear friend, ¹  you demonstrate faithfulness ²  by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).

But you, dear friends – recall the predictions ¹  foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. ² 

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, ¹ 

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

We have spoken freely to you, ¹  Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

Therefore, be ¹  imitators of God as dearly loved children

Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.

From ¹  the elder, ²  to Gaius ³  my dear brother, whom I love in truth. ⁴ 

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, ¹  who was the first convert ²  to Christ in the province of Asia. ³ 

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves ¹  from everything that could defile the body ²  and the spirit, and thus accomplish ³  holiness out of reverence for God. ⁴ 

no longer as a slave, ¹  but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking ²  and in the Lord.