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3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
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3 I thank my God every time I remember you.
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4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
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4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
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5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
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5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
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6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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6 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.
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7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me.
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8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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9 And this I pray , that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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10 That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
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10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,
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11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
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11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God.
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