7. Because of this, brothers and sisters, we were encouraged in all our distress and trouble through your faithfulness.
8. For now we are alive if you are standing your ground in the Lord.
9. How can we thank God enough for you, given all the joy we have because of you before our God?
10. Night and day, we pray more than ever to see all of you in person and to complete whatever you still need for your faith.
11. Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus guide us on our way back to you.
12. May the Lord cause you to increase and enrich your love for each other and for everyone in the same way as we also love you.