⁶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

² Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

³ Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

⁵ And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

²⁵ As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!

⁵ For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

⁶ But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

⁷ And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

⁶ Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

⁸ For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

²³ And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

⁷ Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

³ Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

⁵ Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

¹³ But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

⁴ After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

¹⁸ I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.

⁹ For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

¹⁷ But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

⁹ For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

¹⁰ Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.

³ It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

⁵ But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

³ I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

¹ After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.