⁷ It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace,[1] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

⁷ So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.