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

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

and that most of the Christian brothers have grown confident enough, because of my imprisonment, to dare to tell God's message without being afraid.

but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.

and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross.

holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the Book of Life.

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.