For God is my witness that I long to see you with the [same] affection that Christ Jesus has [for you].

Some people, indeed, are proclaiming Christ out of envy and strife [i.e., out of rivalry], while others do it from goodwill.

[So], you are now experiencing the same struggle you [once] saw me going through, and now are hearing that I still am.

[Then] make me completely happy by being like-minded, having the same love [for one another], being united in spirit and having the same purpose.

For I do not have anyone else [i.e., as a fellow-worker] who thinks the same way I do, and who will genuinely care for your [spiritual and material] needs.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in [your relationship to] the Lord. It does not trouble me to write the same things to you again, because you will be safer if I do. [Note: These "same things" may refer to warnings against false teachers which Paul had either spoken to them or written about previously].

So, we should continue living by the same [standard] that we have [already] attained.

I am rejoicing very much in [fellowship with] the Lord that now, after some time, you people have revived your concern for me. Actually, you were concerned, but lacked the opportunity [to show it].