¹³ And ^(A)we also thank God constantly^[a] for this, that when you received ^(B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which is at work in you believers.

Longing to Go to Rome

⁸ First, ^(A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, ^(B)because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

^20 (A)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father ^(B)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,