3 Amados, quando empregava toda a diligência em escrever-vos acerca da nossa comum salvação, foi que me senti obrigado a corresponder-me convosco, exortando-vos a batalhardes, diligentemente, pela fé que uma vez por todas foi entregue aos santos.

3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people.