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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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 record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,