I pray that by their participation in your loyal faith they may have a vivid sense of how much good we Christians can attain.

For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.

Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command thee that which is befitting,

not as a slave any longer but more than a slave, a dearly loved brother, especially to me and much more to you, both as a servant and as a Christian.