^{9 Ref} And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

^{10 Ref} That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

^{11 Ref} Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

^{12 Ref} But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;