Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Upon every remembrance of you I am ever thanking my God for you all;

Of this I am fully persuaded, that He who has begun a good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

and most of the brothers in the Lord, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, are much emboldened to speak God's message with free and fearless confidence.

Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will.

and in no way terrorized by its enemies. For you fearlessness is a clear indication of coming ruin for them, but of salvation for you at the hands of God.

who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,

And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;

and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.

for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.

that you may become blameless and innocent, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in a dark world,

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you.

And indeed he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also so that I should not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and make our boast in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in outward rites,

and be found in him; not having my own righteousness of the Law, but that alone which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which comes from God, founded upon faith.

I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.

Let us all then, who are mature Christians, strive for this! God will make this clear to any of you who are striving for other goals;

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

Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if virtue is anything, if honor is anything, be always thinking about these.

Put in practise also what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me; and the God of peace shall be with you.

But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus??n odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

All your own needs my God will fully supply, according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.

Now unto our God and Father be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.