For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him.

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus:

In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.

Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

You Philippians also know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church participated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except for you.