You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.

That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come time and again, but Satan blocked our way.

But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time.

Now may our God and Father and our Lord Jesus provide a way for us to visit you.

May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being spirit, soul, and body remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears.