I love you in the truth, and so do all who have come to know the truth — the elder's affection is not sentimental but theologically grounded, rooted in their shared possession of divine truth. The phrase 'those who know the truth' suggests an initiatory knowledge (gnōsis) that brings believers into a common communion and mutual accountability. Truth here functions as both propositional content and relational reality, binding the community in love and safeguarding it against deception.

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