³¹ I face death every day,^(A) as surely as I may boast about you, brothers and sisters, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁴ just as you have partially understood us—that we are your reason for pride,^(A) just as you also are ours^(B) in the day of our^[a] Lord Jesus.^(C)

4 So then, my dearly loved and longed for brothers and sisters, my joy and crown,^(A) in this manner stand firm^(B) in the Lord, dear friends.

⁴ Therefore, we ourselves boast^(A) about you among God’s churches—about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring.