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Paul thanks God for the believers

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you. We thank God because people have told us good things about you. You continue to trust Christ Jesus. You also love all God's people. You live like that because you hope to receive good things from God.[a] You know that God has prepared those good things for you. He is keeping them safe in heaven. You learned that when people first told you God's true message, his good news.

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  1. 1:5 In the Bible, to ‘hope’ means to trust God for what will happen. We wait to receive the good things that he has promised to give us. We know that we will live with Christ for ever. As believers we can be completely sure that these things will happen to us.