Lexham English Bible LEB
New International Version NIV
3 I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,
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I thank my God every time I remember you.
4 always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,
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In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
5 because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,
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because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
6 convinced of this same [thing], that the one who began a good work in you will finish [it] until 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 just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, [since] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.
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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 For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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