so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin];

Throughout the whole Praetorian guard and among all the others it has become plain that these chains of mine are for the sake of Christ;

Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will.

The other part of love, because they see that I am set to defend the gospel.

But what of that? Only that in some way or other, either with assumed or with real earnestness, Christ is being made known; and at that I rejoice.

Yet [on the other hand], to remain in my body is more necessary for your sakes.

fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion.

Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.

Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

but He laid it aside as He took on the nature of a slave and became like other men.

This is why God has highly exalted Him, and given Him the name that is above every other name,

For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,

For all others seek their own, and not that which is Jesus Christ's.

for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

though I have whereof I might rejoice in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, much more I:

Let us all then, who are mature Christians, strive for this! God will make this clear to any of you who are striving for other goals;

I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.

Yea, and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and with others, my labour fellows, whose names are in the book of life.

and you yourselves know, O Philippians, that when I first preach'd the gospel, at my departure from Macedonia, I receiv'd no manner of assistance from any other church but yours;