2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. I thank my God for every reminder of you.
4. In every prayer of mine for you all, I have always made requests with joy,
5. due to your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.
6. I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.
7. It is right for me to think this of you all because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonments and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are fellow partakers of my grace.