¹⁰ night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

³ I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

⁹ For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

¹⁰ requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

¹² that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

²⁴ Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.

⁸ The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy{TR and NU read "holy" 3 times instead of 9.} is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"

²² Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

¹¹ To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

¹¹ Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;

¹⁷ But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

¹⁸ because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again-- but Satan hindered us.

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

²⁸ whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

²⁵ Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

¹¹ Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹⁵ In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;

³⁰ Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

³¹ that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

³² that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

⁷ which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

³⁷ and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.