For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;

For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,

So I hope to send him, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me;

And indeed he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also so that I should not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Therefore I have been the more eager to send him, in order that you may rejoice in seeing him again, and that I may have one sorrow less.

Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold in honor men like him;

and be found in him; not having my own righteousness of the Law, but that alone which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which comes from God, founded upon faith.

I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;

I am strong for everything in Him who gives me strength.