being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you, will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ;

as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my bonds and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, I say I have you all in my heart as being joint par takers of my grace.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which fruit is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

that your rejoicing in Christ Jesus may be come more abundant through me by my being present among you again.

who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God;

but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:

and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want.