Just now,
Timothy having come to us from you
and having announced the good news of your faith and love
and that you remembered us always with love,
longing to see us
just as we also (long to see) you-
because of this we have been encouraged
sisters and brothers,
concerning you
in all our troubles and afflictions
because of your faith.
so that we now we live
if you should stand firm in the Lord.
For what thanksgiving can we give back to God about you,
for all the joy with which we rejoice
because of you,
before our God,
night and day,
earnestly imploring
to see your face
and to complete the gaps in the faith of you all?
Take from us,
O God, all pride and vanity,
all boasting and self-assertion,
and give us the true courage that shows itself in gentleness,
the true wisdom that shows itself in simplicity,
and the true power that shows itself in modesty.
Charles Kingsley