NET

1 From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),

Darby

Warning Against False Teachers Trying to Deceive

1 The elder to [the] elect lady and her children, whom *I* love in^D9410 truth, and not *I* only but also all who have known the truth,

Darby Bible Notes

in - I have not added 'the' as in the A.V., because it is not in the Greek, and I do not think the force of it was meant to be there. It is not 'truly love,' though, as the apostle teaches us here, there can be no truly loving but in the truth. It is the character of the love; it was love in truth. (See ver. 4.)

KJV

Warning Against False Teachers Trying to Deceive

1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;