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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
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always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
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for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
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being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
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just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
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For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
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that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
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being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel,