for indeedyou do practiceit towardallthe brethrenwhoare in allMacedonia.But we urgeyou, brethren,to excelstill more,
For Macedoniaand Achaiahave been pleasedto makea contributionfor the pooramong the saintsin Jerusalem.
For thisreasonI too,having heardof the faithin the LordJesuswhich [exists] amongyou and your lovefor allthe saints,
And thisI pray,that your lovemay aboundstillmoreand morein real knowledgeand alldiscernment,
since we heardof your faithin ChristJesusand the lovewhichyou havefor allthe saints;
sothat you becamean exampleto allthe believersin Macedoniaand in Achaia.
and may the Lordcauseyou to increaseand aboundin lovefor one another,and for all people,justas we also[do] for you;
Finallythen,brethren,we requestand exhortyou in the LordJesus,that as you receivedfrom us [instruction] as to howyou oughtto walkand pleaseGod(justas you actuallydo walk),that you excelstill more.
We oughtalwaysto give thanksto Godfor you, brethren,as is [only] fitting,becauseyour faithis greatly enlarged,and the loveof eachoneof you towardone anothergrows [ever] greater;
We have confidencein the Lordconcerningyou, that you are doingand will [continue to] dowhatwe command.
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.