Thanksgiving

3 ^bWe ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,¹ as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore ^cwe ourselves boast about you ^din the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith ^ein all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

4 since we heard of ^gyour faith in Christ Jesus and of ^gthe love that you have for all the saints,

14 and ^cthe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ^dfaith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

19 ^s“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.