Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.

弟兄们，我们该为你们常常感谢神，这本是合宜的；因你们的信心格外增长，并且你们众人彼此相爱的心也都充足。

弟兄们，我们该常常为你们感谢上帝，这本是合宜的；因为你们的信心格外增长，你们众人彼此相爱的心也都增加。

弟兄们，我们该常常为你们感谢神，这本是合宜的；因为你们的信心格外增长，你们众人彼此相爱的心也都增加。

弟兄姊妹，我们应当为你们常常感谢上帝，这是合宜的，因为你们的信心不断增长，彼此相爱的心也不断增加。

弟兄们，我们应该常常为你们感谢神，这是合适的。因为你们的信心格外长进，你们众人彼此相爱的心也在增加。

弟兄们，我们应该为你们常常感谢神，这样做是合宜的，因为你们的信仰格外增长，你们大家每一个人彼此的爱也在增加。

弟兄們，我們該為你們常常感謝神，這本是合宜的；因你們的信心格外增長，並且你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都充足。

弟兄們，我們該常常為你們感謝上帝，這本是合宜的；因為你們的信心格外增長，你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都增加。

弟兄們，我們該常常為你們感謝神，這本是合宜的；因為你們的信心格外增長，你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都增加。

弟兄姊妹，我們應當為你們常常感謝上帝，這是合宜的，因為你們的信心不斷增長，彼此相愛的心也不斷增加。

弟兄們，我們應該常常為你們感謝神，這是合適的。因為你們的信心格外長進，你們眾人彼此相愛的心也在增加。

弟兄們，我們應該時常為你們感謝上帝，這本是合宜的；因為你們的信心格外增長，你們大家每一個人彼此相愛的心也增大着，

弟兄們，我們應該為你們常常感謝神，這樣做是合宜的，因為你們的信仰格外增長，你們大家每一個人彼此的愛也在增加。

兄弟乎、我為爾恆謝上帝、宜也、因爾之信彌長、彼此之愛益增、

我儕當為兄弟恆謝上帝、因爾信主彌篤、彼此相愛日博、故宜謝之、

兄弟乎、我儕當為爾恆感謝天主、此理所宜也、因爾之信愈增、彼此相愛亦愈甚、

為我兄弟恆謝天主、實為吾儕之天職也。夫以爾等信德之突飛猛進、及彼此間友愛精神之暢發、則吾儕之感謝天主、不亦宜乎。

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing.

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy as we enter God’s presence.

Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,and knowledge with self control, and self control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.

We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

But now Timothy has just returned, bringing us good news about your faith and love. He reports that you always remember our visit with joy and that you want to see us as much as we want to see you.

And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.

But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.

Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.

I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.

The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus.

We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.

For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.

And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.

The apostles said to the Lord,“ Show us how to increase our faith.”

And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.