We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers,

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

with these words: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.