And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,

Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

I sent him therefore with the greater dispatch, that I might have the less disquietude, by the satisfaction you will find in seeing him again.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,