I thank my God for every mention of you,

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first clay until now;

as it is righteous for me to think in behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, that you are all my fellow-partakers of the grace.

For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.

the latter from divine love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel:

For what is it? moreover that in every place, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and I rejoice in this, yes, and I will rejoice.

For I know that this will turn out to me unto salvation, through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For Christ is my life, and death is my gain.

But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; for this is far better:

Only live worthily of the gospel of Christ: in order that, whether coming and seeing you or being absent, I hear those things concerning you, that you are standing in one spirit, with one soul contending for the faith of the gospel;

because the blessing is conferred on you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but indeed to suffer for him:

who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God,

but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;

for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.

But if indeed I am poured out for a sacrifice and an offering for your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice along with you all;

For I have no one like-minded, who will nobly remember the things concerning you;

for all are seeking after their own, and not the things of Jesus Christ.

For he was indeed nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not only him, but me also, in order that I may not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the circumcision, who serve the Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, also having no confidence in the flesh:

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.

Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,

Not that I already received it, or have already been made perfect: but I persevere, if I may receive that for which I have indeed been received by Christ Jesus.

For many walk about, of whom I frequently spoke to you, and now I speak even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ:

For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

So, my beloved and longed for brethren, my joy and my crown, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

Not that I speak concerning deficiency: for I have learned to be content with those things amid which I am.