so that the whole court and publick are well appriz'd that I am a prisoner upon the account of Jesus Christ.

agreeably to that expectation and persuasion I have, that I shall not labour in vain; but as I always have, so I shall still glorify Christ in my body, whether it be by life or by death: for if I live, I live to Christ;

only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the gospel of Christ, that whether I come to see you, or else am absent, I may have this account of you, that you are stedfastly of the same resolution, and unanimously contend for the faith of the gospel,

being engag'd in the same conflict, in which you saw I was formerly, and hear that I am at present engag'd.

and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.

for there is no one that is so dear to me as he, and no one will more sincerely interest himself in your concerns.

for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick. and indeed he was sick almost unto death:

in the mean while, as we are already advanc'd so far, pursue your course, and keep it still in view:

Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown, whom I long to see, continue firm in your christian profession, my beloved.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: I say it again, rejoice.

it is not my indigence that makes me say this: for I have learn'd, in whatevever state I am, therewith to be content: I know how to be in want,

all the converts here salute you, particularly those of Cesar's houshold.