[1:3] I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
[1:4] always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
[1:5] because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
[1:6] And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
[1:7] It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
[1:8] For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
[1:9] And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
[1:10] so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
[1:11] filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.