And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.