Coverdale(i)
3 We geue thankes vnto God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, prayenge allwayes for you
4 (sence we herde of youre faith in Christ Iesu, and of youre loue to all sayntes)
5 for ye hopes sake which is layed vp in stoare for you in heauen: of the which ye haue herde before by the worde of trueth in the Gospell,
6 which is come vnto you, eue as it is into all the worlde: and is frutefull, as it is in you, sence ye daye yt ye herde and knewe the grace of God in ye trueth,
7 as ye learned of Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt, which is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you,
8 which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete.
9 For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge,