always in my every entreaty for all of you, making the entreaty with joy
We thank God always about all of you, making recollection of you in our prayers,
I rejoice exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.
For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness,
For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.
For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your orderliness, and the steadfastness of your faith for Christ.
So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in Lord this way beloved.
For many walk, who (I told you often, and now also say while weeping) are enemies of the cross of Christ,
Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.
I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.
And always, night and day, in the mountains and in the sepulchers, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.