Encouraged by Timothy

But now Timothy has come to us(A) from you and brought us good news about your faith and love. He reported that you always have good memories of us and that you long to see us, as we also long to see you.(B) Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we were encouraged about you through your faith. For now we live, if you stand firm(C) in the Lord. How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy(D) we experience before our God because of you, 10 as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face(E) and to complete what is lacking in your faith?(F)

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Timothy’s Encouraging Report

But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, just as we long to see you.(A) For this reason, brothers and sisters, during all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith. For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith.(B)

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