² Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.^(A)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³ We ought always to thank God for you,^(B) brothers and sisters,^[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.^{(C) 4} Therefore, among God’s churches we boast^(D) about your perseverance and faith^(E) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.^(F)