The latter do it from love for me, knowing that I have been appointed to plead the cause of the Good News.

The former spread the news of the Christ in a factious spirit, and not sincerely, thinking to add to the pain of my chains.

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

For he has been longing to see you all, and has been distressed because you heard of his illness.

I know how to face humble circumstances, and I know how to face prosperity. Into all and every human experience I have been initiated--into plenty and hunger, into prosperity and want.