I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want.

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.