the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the christians that are at Philippi, to the bishops, and to the deacons.

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

that by my being present with you again, I may be the occasion of heightning your christian joy.

If then there be any christian consolation, any charitable relief, any communion of the spirit, if any tenderness of compassion,

Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown, whom I long to see, continue firm in your christian profession, my beloved.

Salute all the christian converts. the brethren who are with me salute you.