having confidence as to this same thing, that the one having begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Jesus Christ:

And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;

For what is it? moreover that in every place, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and I rejoice in this, yes, and I will rejoice.

For I know that this will turn out to me unto salvation, through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if to live in the flesh, this shall be to me the fruit of the work, indeed I know not what I shall ask.

But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; for this is far better:

And having confidence in this, I know that I shall abide with you all, unto your promotion and the joy of your faith;

and not being intimidated in anything by the adversaries: which is to them the manifestation of destruction, but of your salvation, and this is from God;

fill my joy, that you may think the same thing, having the same divine love, being like-minded, thinking this one thing;

but you also rejoice in this same thing, and rejoice along with me.

Therefore let us, so many as are perfect, think the same thing: and if you think otherwise in any respect, God will also reveal this to you: