3. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
4. I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
5. because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
6. I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.
7. I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
8. So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
9. I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –