2 Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
3 I thank my God at every memory of you,
4 always praying with joy in every prayer of mine for you all,
5 because of your sharing in the Good News from the first day until now.
6 I am sure of this very thing—that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Messiah Yeshua.
7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart—for you all are partakers of grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News.
8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Messiah Yeshua.