And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more, in all knowledge and in all spiritual sense,

And many of the brethren trusting in the Lord through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word without fear.

But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

I have sent him therefore the more willingly, that ye seeing him again may rejoice, and that I also may be the less sorrowful.

Though I might have confidence: if any man think that he may have confidence in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day,