Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you
Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now
Being confident of this very thing
That he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all
Because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds
And in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment
That ye may approve things that are excellent
That ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ Being filled with the fruits of righteousness
Which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God