6. Timothy has come back from his visit to you and has told us about your faith and love. He also said that you always have happy memories of us and that you want to see us as much as we want to see you.
7. My friends, even though we have a lot of trouble and suffering, your faith makes us feel better about you.
8. Your strong faith in the Lord is like a breath of new life.
9. How can we possibly thank God enough for all the happiness you have brought us?
10. Day and night we sincerely pray that we will see you again and help you to have an even stronger faith.
11. We pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus will let us visit you.
12. May the Lord make your love for each other and for everyone else grow by leaps and bounds. That's how our love for you has grown.
13. And when our Lord comes with all his people, I pray that he will make your hearts pure and innocent in the sight of God the Father.