For it has been graciously granted to you for Christ's sake, not only to trust in Him but also to suffer for Him,

This is why God has highly exalted Him, and given Him the name that is above every other name,

So I hope to send him to you just as soon as I can see how my case is going to turn out.

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another.

I very eagerly send him, so that when you see him you may be glad of it, and I may be less sorrowful.

So give him a hearty Christian welcome and hold in honor men like him,

For we are the true circumcision, who by the Spirit of God worship Him, who take pride in Christ Jesus only, and do not rely on outward privileges,

and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith.

Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death,

I can do anything through Him who gives me strength.