And I have a right to think this way about you, because I always have you in my heart, whether shut up in prison or out defending and vindicating the good news, for you are sharers with me of God's favor.

fill up my cup of joy by living in harmony, by fostering the same disposition of love, your hearts beating in unison, your minds set on one purpose.

to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.

because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.

However, we must continue to live up to that degree of success that we have already reached.

By the help of the Lord always keep up the glad spirit; yes, I will repeat it, keep up the glad spirit.

It is not your gift that I want, but I do want the profits to pile up to your credit.