Thomson(i)
3 We give thanks to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
4 [having heard of your belief in Christ Jesus, and of your love for all the saints]
5 on account of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before by the true word of the gospel,
6 which is come to you as it hath also to all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it doth among you, from the day you heard and acknowledged the favour of God in truth,
7 as you learned it from Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Christ,
8 and the person who informed us of your love in spirit.
9 For this cause, we indeed, from the day we heard of it do not cease praying for you, and requesting, in order that you may be filled, in respect to the acknowledgment of his will