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The New Testament: The Lady Electa

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This, the briefest of all the books in the New Testament, is affectionate note from the elder (which is John the disciple) to the elect lady and her children (vs.1). Such a form of address seems most naturally to suggest correspondence between individuals. And since the Third Letter begins in the same way, as a note addressed from the elder to and individual who’s name was Gaius this is quite possible. The text may also translate to “the lady Electa.”If this was the correct translation of the verse, we would have in each of these the name of the person addressed in these short letters. But, in accordance with the habits of the letter writers of old, more probably this is a pleasing way of addressing a particular church. A chosen or elect church

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