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3Jn_1:1. Superscription. On ὁ πρεσβύτερος , see the Introd. sec. 1. With regard to the person of Caius nothing particular is known; that he is identical with one of two (or three) Caiuses who are mentioned as friends and helpers of the Apostle Paul (comp. Act_19:29; Act_20:4; 1Co_1:14; and Rom_16:23), is at least improbable.[16] It is also uncertain whether he is the same person as the Caius who, according to the Constitt. Apostol. vii. 46, is said to have been appointed by John as bishop in Pergamos (Mill., Whiston). That he was presbyter of the Church (Köstlin) does not follow from 3Jn_1:8. The apostle expresses his love to Caius in the epithet τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ; how sincere it was is shown by the fact that he not only adds: ὋΝ ἘΓῺ ἈΓΑΠῶ ἘΝ ἈΓΗΘΕΊᾼ (comp. with this 2Jn_1:1), but also addresses him three times in the Epistle by ἈΓΑΠΗΤΈ . On ἘΝ ἈΛ . Oecumenius here well observes: ἘΝ ἈΛΗΘΕΊᾼ ἈΓΑΠᾷ Ὁ ΚΑΤᾺ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ἈΓΑΠῶΝ ἘΝΔΙΑΘΈΤῼ ἈΓΆΠῌ .
[16] Lücke thinks that if he was one of these, he would only be the Caius of Derbe (Act_20:4); yet he states no reason for this opinion, but merely refers to Wolf’s Curae; Wolf, however, regards it as probable that he was the same as the Caius mentioned in 1Co_1:14, whom he distinguishes as the Corinthian Caius from the Caius of Derbe.