Brothers, although we have been separated from you for a little while in person but not in heart we eagerly desire to see you again face to face.

We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.

Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.