Therefore I sent him the more earnestly, that, seeing him, ye might again rejoice, and I be more free from sorrow.

Because for the work of Christ he drew near to death, having exposed the soul to danger, that he might fill up your want of service to me.

Although I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other think to have confidence in the flesh, I more:

But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ,

Rave anxiety about nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with gratitude let your desires be made known to God.