3 I elskede! mens jeg gjorde mig all flid for å skrive til eder om vår felles frelse, så jeg mig nødt til å skrive til eder med formaning om å stride for den tro som én gang er overgitt til de hellige.

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.