3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

3 Geliebte, indem ich allen Fleiß anwandte, euch über unser gemeinsames Heil zu schreiben, war ich genötigt, euch zu schreiben und zu ermahnen, für den einmal den Heiligen überlieferten Glauben zu kämpfen.