May grace be granted to you all, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give continual thanks to my God while making mention of you, my brother, in my prayers,

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;

For I have found great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of God's people have been, and are, refreshed through you, my brother.

It was my wish to keep him at my side for him to attend to my wants, as your representative, during my imprisonment for the Good News.