Grace to you and peace 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 very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it 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 far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

and that every tongue will 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 will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not 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 may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

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

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

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

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