Thanksgiving

⁴ I always thank my God for you^(A) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. ⁵ For in him you have been enriched^(B) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge^(C)— ⁶ God thus confirming our testimony^(D) about Christ among you. ⁷ Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift^(E) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.^{(F) 8} He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless^(G) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.^{(H) 9} God is faithful,^(I) who has called you^(J) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.^(K)

¹⁸ But as surely as God is faithful,^(A) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” ¹⁹ For the Son of God,^(B) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas^[a](C) and Timothy^(D)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always^(E) been “Yes.” ²⁰ For no matter how many promises^(F) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”^(G) is spoken by us to the glory of God.^{(H) 21} Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm^(I) in Christ. He anointed^(J) us, ²² set his seal^(K) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.^(L)