For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

For 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 became partners in God’s grace together with me.