8. God is my witness that, with all the compassion of Christ Jesus, I long ⌊to see⌋ every one of you.
9. I pray that your love will keep on growing because of your knowledge and insight.
10. That way you will be able to determine what is best and be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.
11. Jesus Christ will fill your lives with everything that God’s approval produces. Your lives will then bring glory and praise to God.
12. I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what happened to me has helped to spread the Good News.