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

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

For I am confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have been encouraged to speak the word of God without fear.

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

in no way frightened by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction to them, but of salvation for you and that too, from God.

who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and bestowed on 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 is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christthe righteousness that comes from God and is by faith,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.

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

Do not be anxious 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 guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles.

I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.