Some indeed through envy and strife, and some also through good-will:

According to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be put to shame in nothing; but that with all freedom of speech, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

For to you it is granted as a favor from Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for his sake:

Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others.

Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

And for the same cause do ye also rejoice, and congratulate with me.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be refreshed, by knowing the state of your affairs.

For indeed he was sick and nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he hath whereof to trust in the flesh, I more:

not that I have yet won the prize, or am already perfect: but I press forward to acquire that perfection, for which also I have been apprehended by Christ Jesus.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, attend to this: and if in any thing ye think differently, God will reveal this also unto you.

from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,

And I entreat thee likewise, my faithful collegue, to assist them, for they laboured with me in the gospel, and Clement also, and my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.