May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

I thank my God every time I remember you,

I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus.

For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus the Messiah so that God will be glorified and praised.

Moreover, because of my imprisonment the Lord has caused most of the brothers to become confident to speak God's word more boldly and courageously than ever before.

Some are preaching the Messiah because of jealousy and dissension, while others do so because of their good will.

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

and that you are not intimidated by your opponents in any way. This is evidence that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and all because of God.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

Now lifted up by God to heaven, a name above all others given, this matchless name possessing.

Then every tongue in one accord, will say that Jesus the Messiah is Lord, while God the Father praising.

For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

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.

For it is we who are the circumcision we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

Therefore, those of us who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think.

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in union with the Messiah Jesus.

Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

And my God will fully supply your every need according to his glorious riches in the Messiah Jesus.

Glory belongs to our God and Father forever and ever! Amen.