Thanksgiving

3 I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,[fn] 4 always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy, 5 because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it[fn] until the day of Christ Jesus, 7 just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since[fn] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me. 8 For God is my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.