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

and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

but to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

that your glorying in me, in the cause of Christ Jesus, may be more abundant by my coming to you again.

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

I send him therefore the more speedily, that when ye see him ye may again rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

though I myself have reason for confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason for confidence in the flesh, I more;

Nay more, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ,