so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:

who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.