for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

And I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye flourished again in caring for me, for which also ye were caring, and lacked opportunity;