that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,

in order for my bonds in Christ to became apparent in the whole Praetorium, and in all the others.

I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;

In order that, your matter of boasting, may be more abundant in Christ Jesus, regarding me, through my own presence again with you.

Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;

in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld,

in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,

I am hoping, however, in the Lord Jesus - Timothy, shortly, to send unto you, in order that, I also, may be of cheerful soul, when I have ascertained the things that concern you.

For he was indeed nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not only him, but me also, in order that I may not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that [when] you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that {he might make up for your inability to serve me}.

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

But more than that, I count everything as loss compared to the priceless privilege and supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have lost everything, and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain Christ,

in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

[It is] not that I have already arrived at the goal [of spiritual maturity], or have already been made perfectly [righteous], but I am pushing onward in order to take hold of what Christ Jesus took hold of me for [i.e., to receive all that Christ intended for me].

Only let us stay true to what we have already attained.

who will transform the body of our lowliness, in order for it to become similar in form to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power even to subject all things to himself.