Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
3 I thank my God for you every time I think of you;
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I thank my God every time I remember you.
4 and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy
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In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
5 because of the way in which you have helped me in the work of the gospel from the very first day until now.
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because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
6 And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.
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being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
7 You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.
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It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
8 God is my witness that I tell the truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart of Christ Jesus himself.
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God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
10 so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.
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so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
11 Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.
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filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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