9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:
9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
9 But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and belonging to salvation.
9but we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,
But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.
9Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don’t believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation.
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