because I hearof your loveand of the faithwhichyou havetowardthe LordJesusand towardallthe saints;
As for the saintswhoare in the earth,They are the majesticonesin whom is allmy delight.
solemnly testifyingto bothJewsand Greeksof repentancetowardGodand faithin our LordJesusChrist.
contributingto the needsof the saints,practicinghospitality.
Nowconcerningthe collectionfor the saints,as I directedthe churchesof Galatia,sodoyou also.
For in ChristJesusneithercircumcisionnoruncircumcisionmeansanything,but faithworkingthroughlove.
For thisreasonI too,having heardof the faithin the LordJesuswhich [exists] amongyou and your lovefor allthe saints,
since we heardof your faithin ChristJesusand the lovewhichyou havefor allthe saints;
But nowthat Timothyhas cometo us from you, and has brought us good newsof your faithand love,and that you alwaysthinkkindlyof us, longingto seeus justas we alsolong to see you,
For I have come to havemuchjoyand comfortin your love,becausethe heartsof the saintshave been refreshedthroughyou, brother.
Thisis His commandment,that we believein the nameof His SonJesusChrist,and loveone another,justas He commandedus.