^3 (A)I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, ⁴ always offering prayer with joy in ^(B)my every prayer for you all, ⁵ in view of your ^[a](C)participation in the ^(D)gospel ^(E)from the first day until now. ⁶ For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work ^[b]among you will complete it ^[c]by ^(F)the day of Christ Jesus. ^7 [d]For ^(G)it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I ^(H)have you in my heart, since both in my ^[e](I)imprisonment and in the ^(J)defense and confirmation of the ^(K)gospel, you all are ^[f]partakers of grace with me. ⁸ For ^(L)God is my witness, how I long for you all with the ^[g]affection of ^(M)Christ Jesus. ⁹ And this I pray, that ^(N)your love may overflow still more and more in ^(O)real knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ so that you may ^[h](P)discover the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless for ^(Q)the day of Christ; ¹¹ having been filled with the ^(R)fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

¹² Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. ^13 (A)For Solomon had made a bronze platform, ^[a]five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, ^(B)knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. ¹⁴ He said, “Lord, God of Israel, ^(C)there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, ^(D)keeping ^[b]Your covenant and ^[c]Your faithfulness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart; ^15 (E)You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You ^[d]promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. ¹⁶ Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep to Your servant David, my father, that which You ^[e]promised him, saying, ‘^[f](F)You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay attention to their way, to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.’ ¹⁷ Now then, Lord, God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

¹⁸ “But ^(G)will God really dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, ^(H)heaven and the ^[g]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! ¹⁹ Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; ²⁰ that Your ^(I)eye will be open toward this house day and night, toward ^(J)the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. ²¹ Listen to the pleadings of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; ^(K)hear and forgive.