⁷ It is right^(A) for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart,^[a] and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment^(B) and in the defense^(C) and establishment of the gospel. ⁸ For God is my witness,^(D) how deeply I miss all of you^(E) with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹ And I pray this: that your love^(F) will keep on growing^(G) in knowledge and every kind of discernment,^(H)