³ We ought always ^(A)to give thanks to God for you, ^(B)brothers, as is only fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the ^(C)love of each one of you all toward one another increases all the more, ⁴ so that we ourselves ^(D)boast about you among ^(E)the churches of God for your ^[a]perseverance and faith ^(F)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.