grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

that ye may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ;

filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.

What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death.

But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not.

For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

but to abide in the flesh may be more necessary for you.

that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus for me by my coming again unto you.

Only conduct yourselves worthily as becometh the gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul wrestling together in the faith of the gospel;

and not dismayed on any occasion by your adversaries; which is indeed the proof of perdition to them, but of salvation to you, and that from God.

experiencing the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.

IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind.

Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.

Let the same sentiment of mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

that to the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial, and infernal;

that ye may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world;

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be refreshed in spirit, when I know your affairs.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him once more ye may rejoice, and I be less sorrowful.

respecting the law, a Pharisee; with regard to zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.

and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is by the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Not that I have already attained, or am now perfect: but I pursue, that I may overtake that for which also by his apprehension of me I am destined by Christ Jesus.

Let as many of us therefore as are perfect, be thus minded: and if ye entertain any other sentiment, God also will unveil this unto you.

Nevertheless, so far as we have advanced, be it our care to walk by the same rule, to mind the same thing.

Be ye imitators, brethren, of me, and eye attentively those who walk so as ye have us for an example.

who shall transform our body of humiliation, that it may be conformed to his body of glory, according to the effectual working of him who is able to subdue even all things to himself.

I beseech Euodias, and I beseech Syntiche to be of one mind in the Lord.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are serious, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are laudable, if there be any virtue, or any thing praise-worthy, pay attention to these things.

Whatsoever things also ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these practise, and the God of peace shall be with you.

Not that I mention this with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am, to be content.

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in every state and in all situations I am instructed either to be full or famishing, either to enjoy abundance, or to suffer want:

I am enabled for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me.

But my God will fully supply all your want, according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.

Now to God, even our Father, be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.