For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.