JMNT(i)
7 just as (or: correspondingly as)
it is fair for me (or: it is right in me; it accords with the Way pointed out to me)
to habitually think this regarding all of you folks (or: to continuously have this opinion and disposition over you all),
because of the [
situation for]
me to constantly hold (or: have)
you folks within my heart, both within my bonds (fetters; chains)
and within the verbal defense (a word spoken from and on behalf of)
and legally valid confirmation (the placement on a good footing to establish and make firm and steadfast)
of the message of goodness and well-being –
you all being my co-participants (common partners; fellow-sharers together)
of the grace and joyous favor! (or: ... to continuously possess you people in the midst of the core of my being – you all being my joint-partners of this grace, both in union with my imprisonments and in verification of the good news!)
8 You see, God [
is]
my witness (or: evidence),
how I continually long (or: yearn)
for all you folks within the inner seat of Jesus Christ's tender emotions (upper internal organs – heart, liver, lungs; = compassions).