that ye might accept things most excellent, that ye might be pure and such as should hurt no man's conscience, until the day of Christ;

and most of the brothers in the Lord, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, are much emboldened to speak God's message with free and fearless confidence.

for most people are looking out for their own interests, not for the interests of Jesus Christ.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

All the saints salute you: and most of all they which are of the emperors household.