Now I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,

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

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,

But you know that he has proved his worth, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

though I myself have reasons for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: