^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 because of your ^[a](C)fellowship 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 in you will perfect it until ^(F)the day of Christ Jesus. ^7 [b]For ^(G)it is only right for me to think this way about you all, because I ^(H)have you in my heart, since both in my ^(I)chains and in the ^(J)defense and confirmation of the ^(K)gospel, you all are fellow partakers with me in this grace. ⁸ For ^(L)God is my witness, how I long for you all with the ^[c]affection of ^(M)Christ Jesus. ⁹ And this I pray, that ^(N)your love may abound still more and more in ^(O)full knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ so that you may ^[d](P)approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and without fault ^[e]until ^(Q)the day of Christ, ¹¹ having been filled with the ^(R)fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.