And now I am asking you, Lady, 

(not as one writing to you a new commandment
but one which we have had from the beginning,)

that we love one another .

(And this is love,
that we walk according to his commandments.)

This is the commandment, 
as you have heard from the beginning,
that you should walk in it.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world,
those who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh.
This one is the deceiver  and the antichrist. 

Watch yourselves,
lest you lose what we have worked for,
rather than receive a full reward.

Be thou a bright flame before me,
Be thou a guiding star above me
Be thou a smooth path below me
Be thou a kindly shepherd behind me
Today – tonight -forever
Amen.

St Columba