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2 We're the best of friends, and I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health - that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!
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Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
3 I was most happy when some friends arrived and brought the news that you persist in following the way of Truth.
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It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.
4 Nothing could make me happier than getting reports that my children continue diligently in the way of Truth!
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
5 Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible.
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Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you.
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