having become persuaded of this very thing, that He Who began in you a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ;

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

so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense to the day of Christ;

Now I wish you to know, brethren, that the things relating to me have resulted rather in the furtherance of the Gospel;

that my bonds became manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to all the rest;

and that the greater part of the brethren, having become confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.

the one, from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel;

What then? save that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed; and in this I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

For I know that this will turn out for my salvation, through your supplication and a supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life, or through death.

And, having become assured of this, I know that I shall abide, and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

that your glorying may abound in Jesus Christ in me through my presence with you again.

Only demean yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the Gospel;

fill ye up my joy, that ye think the same thing; having the same love; united in soul; minding the one thing;

that, in the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, and on earth, and under the earth,

and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

holding forth the word of life, for an occasion of glorying to me at the day of Christ, that I ran not in vain, neither labored in vain.

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus shortly to send Timothy to you, that I also may be cheerful, when having known the things concerning you.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child with a father, he served with me in furtherance of the Gospel.

but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.

since he was longing after you all, and was in great distress, because ye heard that he was sick.

For, in fact, he was sick, near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

I sent him, therefore, the more urgently, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful.

because, for the work of Christ, he came near to death; imperiling his soul, that he might fill up your lack of ministry toward me.

though I might have confidence even in flesh; if any other man supposes that he has occasion for confidence in flesh, I more:

Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ.

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ??he righteousness which is of God by faith:

that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

Not that I already obtained, or have already been made perfect; but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

For many are walking, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye revived your thought in my behalf, for whom ye were taking thought, but ye lacked opportunity.

Not that I am speaking in respect of want; for I learned in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be content.

And know ye also, Philippians, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving, but ye only;

Not that I am seeking for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that abounds to your account.